lSee Rom. 15:32
Exodus 16:4
4Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain abread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may btest them, whether they will walk in my law or not.Deuteronomy 8:2
2And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you cthese forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, dtesting you eto know what was in your heart, fwhether you would keep his commandments or not.Deuteronomy 8:16
16who fed you in the wilderness with gmanna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, hto do you good in the end.Deuteronomy 13:3
3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God iis testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.2 Corinthians 7:12-15
12So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one jwho did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. 13Therefore kwe are comforted.And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit lhas been refreshed by you all. 14For mwhatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you nwas true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true. 15And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers othe obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.
2 Corinthians 8:24
24So give proof before the churches of your love and of pour boasting about you to these men.Philippians 2:22
22But you know Timothy’s ▼▼Greek his
rproven worth, how sas a son ▼▼Greek child
with a father uhe has served with me in the gospel.
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