aJames 1:3
bJob 23:10; Ps. 66:10; Prov. 17:3; Isa. 48:10
c1 Cor. 3:13
dRom. 2:7, 10; 1 Cor. 4:5; [2 Thess. 1:7-12]
e[Ps. 49:8; 130:8; 1 Cor. 6:20; Titus 2:14; 2 Pet. 2:1]
fSee Eph. 4:17
gSee Acts 20:28
hSee John 1:29
iHeb. 9:14; [Ex. 12:5]

1 Peter 1:7

7so that athe tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes bthough it is tested by cfire—may be found to result in dpraise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:18-19

18knowing that you ewere ransomed from fthe futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19but gwith the precious blood of Christ, like that of ha lamb iwithout blemish or spot.
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