2 Peter 1:4
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4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become (A)partakers of the divine nature, (B)having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light. 10 (H)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 so that (A)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes (B)though it is tested by (C)fire—may be found to result in (D)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Psalm 66:10
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10 For you, O God, have (A)tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
Proverbs 17:3
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Isaiah 48:10
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10 Behold, I have refined you, (A)but not as silver;
(B)I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:10 Or I have chosen
Deuteronomy 8:2
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2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you (A)these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, (B)testing you (C)to know what was in your heart, (D)whether you would keep his commandments or not.
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Job 23:10
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Isaiah 43:7
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7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”
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