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1 Peter 1:6
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

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1 Peter 1:8
whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

1 Peter 1:9
receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:4
to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

1 Peter 1:5
who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:13
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 12:12
rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

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Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

Malachi 3:2
“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;

Malachi 3:3
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

Deuteronomy 8:2
You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Psalms 66:10
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

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Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Acts 5:41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

Acts 20:19
serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

2 Peter 2:9
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

2 Corinthians 4:18
while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

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John 16:33
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Romans 8:36
Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

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Romans 5:4
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

Romans 5:5
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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James 1:4
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:12
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Revelation 2:10
Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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2 Corinthians 4:8
We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

2 Corinthians 4:9
pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

2 Corinthians 4:10
always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

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Lamentations 3:33
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

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Romans 12:10
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,

1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

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1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

1 Peter 3:16
having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil.

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