discipline
Paideia is formative training that may involve painful correction and is directed toward righteous living.
The dominant use presents formative correction endured under a father-son relationship, painful in the present yet producing righteous fruit; its other occurrences place such training in parental nurture and Scripture’s equipment for righteous living.
Senses in use
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Corrective training endured as sons · dominant
In Hebrews 12:5, Hebrews 12:7, and Hebrews 12:8, the genitive and accusative singular forms occur in statements about the Lord’s treatment of sons and participation in this training. In Hebrews 12:11, the nominative singular form occurs in the statement that such training is painful for the moment but later yields “the peaceful fruit of righteousness” for those trained by it.
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Formative instruction and nurture · common
In 2 Timothy 3:16, the accusative singular form appears among what Scripture is profitable for, in a clause the APB renders “for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” In Ephesians 6:4, the dative singular form occurs in the instruction that fathers should nourish their children “in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently uses “discipline” in the Hebrews and Ephesians clauses, while 2 Timothy 3:16 has “training in righteousness.” These renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for each occurrence.