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1 Peter 1:7
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
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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)
Job 23:10
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Job 23:10
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10 “But he knows where I am going.
And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
Job 23:10
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Job 23:10
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Isaiah 48:10
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Isaiah 48:10
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10 I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.
Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
Isaiah 48:10
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Isaiah 48:10
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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, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
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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.
James 1:12
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James 1:12
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12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
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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)
Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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3 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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James 1:3-4
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James 1:3-4
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3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
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James 1:3-4
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James 1:3-4
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3 because you know that the testing of your faith(A) produces perseverance.(B) 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature(C) and complete, not lacking anything.
Romans 2:7
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Romans 2:7
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7 He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.
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Romans 2:7
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Romans 2:7
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7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(A) and immortality,(B) he will give eternal life.(C)
Zechariah 13:9
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Zechariah 13:9
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9 I will bring that group through the fire
and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
Zechariah 13:9
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Zechariah 13:9
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Romans 5:3-4
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Romans 5:3-4
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3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
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Romans 5:3-4
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Romans 5:3-4
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3 Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings,(A) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(B) 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Footnotes
- Romans 5:3 Or let us
Malachi 3:3
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Malachi 3:3
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3 He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord.
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Malachi 3:3
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Malachi 3:3
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3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(A) he will purify(B) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(C) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(D)
1 Corinthians 3:13
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1 Corinthians 3:13
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13 But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value.
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1 Corinthians 3:13
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1 Corinthians 3:13
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13 their work will be shown for what it is,(A) because the Day(B) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(C)
Jeremiah 9:7
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Jeremiah 9:7
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7 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“See, I will melt them down in a crucible
and test them like metal.
What else can I do with my people?[a]
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- 9:7 Hebrew with the daughter of my people? Greek version reads with the evil daughter of my people?
Jeremiah 9:7
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Jeremiah 9:7
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7 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:
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