Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing [was] happening to you;

For He already knows my way, and He has tried me as gold.

For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us with fire as silver is tried.

You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through the fire and water; but You brought us out into [a place of] refreshment.

As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

Behold, I have sold you, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued you from the furnace of affliction.

Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do [thus] because of the wickedness of the daughter of My people.

And I will bring the third [part] through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon My name, and I will hear them, and say, This is My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.

And not only that, but we also rejoice in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces endurance;

and endurance, character; and character, hope.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

But let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him.

Fear none of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold indeed, the devil is about to cast [some] of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those that dwell upon the earth.

Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

Therefore, to you who believe, [He] is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,"

Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.

And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her. She is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.

[It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by [the] righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

through which have been given to us precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through these we may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble, and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, My heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what [every] man has gained has perished from him.

But God said to him, ['You] fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

So [is] he who accumulates treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.

But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought to acquire the gift of God through money!

Your riches have decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten.

Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their poison will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days.

But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, both the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.

looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being set of fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt?

and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, she who was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and having been gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls!

Because in one hour such great wealth was laid waste.' And every captain, and all those sailing along the coast, and sailors, and as many as work on the sea, stood from afar

Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing [was] happening to you;

For He already knows my way, and He has tried me as gold.

For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us with fire as silver is tried.

As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

Behold, I have sold you, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued you from the furnace of affliction.

And I will bring the third [part] through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon My name, and I will hear them, and say, This is My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

each one's work shall be made manifest; for the Day shall reveal it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall test each one's work, as to what sort it is.

I counsel you to buy from Me gold having been tried by fire, so that you may become rich; and white robes, so that you may be clothed, and the shame of your nakedness may not appear; and eye salve, so that you may anoint your eyes, in order that you may see.

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: I said, Your house and the house of your father shall pass before Me forever: but now the Lord says, Far be it from Me; for I will only honor them that honor Me, and he that despises Me shall be despised.

So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the Regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God?

And if anyone serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant shall be also. If anyone serve Me, him My Father will honor.

to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption--eternal life.

but he [is] a Jew that [is one] inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, whose praise is not of men but of God.

So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who also will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make clear the purposes of the hearts. Then each one's praise shall come from God.

and to give you who are being afflicted rest along with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His mighty angels,

These shall pay a penalty--eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might,

Therefore we also pray always concerning you that our God may count you worthy of [this] calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,

Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to make you stand before His glory, blameless with exultation,

who by the power of God [are] being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will wail because of Him. Even so, Amen!.