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1 Peter 1:5-6
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1 Peter 1:5-6
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1 Peter 1:5-6
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1 Peter 1:5-6
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5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
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1 Peter 1:7
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 These have come so that the proven genuineness(A) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(B)—may result in praise, glory and honor(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(D)
1 Peter 1:7
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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1 Peter 1:9
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1 Peter 1:9
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9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.(A)
1 Peter 1:9
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1 Peter 1:9
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9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
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Acts 14:22
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Acts 14:22
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22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.(A) “We must go through many hardships(B) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Acts 14:22
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Acts 14:22
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22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
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1 Peter 4:12
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1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you(A) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 4:12
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1 Peter 4:12
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12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
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Hebrews 12:6-8
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Hebrews 12:6-8
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6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(A)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](B)
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(C) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(D)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)
Hebrews 12:6-8
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Hebrews 12:6-8
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6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
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James 1:2-3
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James 1:2-3
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Trials and Temptations
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,(A) 3 because you know that the testing of your faith(B) produces perseverance.(C)
Footnotes
- James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.
James 1:2-3
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James 1:2-3
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2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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James 1:12
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James 1:12
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12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial(A) because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life(B) that the Lord has promised to those who love him.(C)
James 1:12
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James 1:12
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12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
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1 Peter 4:1-2
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1 Peter 4:1-2
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Living for God
4 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body,(A) arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.(B) 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(C) but rather for the will of God.
1 Peter 4:1-2
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1 Peter 4:1-2
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4 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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1 Peter 4:19
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will(A) should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
1 Peter 4:19
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
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