But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.
As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
that the proof of your faith, (being) more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: