Purging
From:
A Dictionary of Biblical Words and Phrases
By:
Alfred Taylor Schofield
Equivalent to pruning (John 15:2), and meaning God’s discipline and chastening whereby the child of God is practically made more fruitful to God’s glory. Sorrow and suffering are thus knives, that God often uses in grace to check the flesh in us.
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