1 Peter 1:7
“That 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:”
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
That 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:
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”
“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”