It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for where is the son who is not disciplined by his father?
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."
As it is, we are chastened when we are judged by him, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.