7That 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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But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
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.
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)The first word, wherein , refers to the apostle’s foregoing discourse about the excellency of their present state, and their grand expectations for the future. “In this condition you greatly rejoice, though now for a season , or a little while, if need be, you are made sorrowful through manifold temptations ,” 1 Pet. 1:6. I. The apostle grants they were in great affliction, and propounds several t…
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