Purging

Equivalent to pruning (John 15:22Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (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.