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GEN 22:1-12
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him,“ Abraham!”“ Here I am,” he replied.Then God said,“ Take your son, your only son, whom you love— Isaac— and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.He said to his servants,“ Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham,“ Father?”“ Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.“ The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said,“ but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”Abraham answered,“ God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven,“ Abraham! Abraham!”“ Here I am,” he replied.“ Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said.“ Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” (niv)
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GEN 22:16
and said,“ I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Αʹ 4 12
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. (niv)
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ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 3 10
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 2 21-ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 2 24
Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.And the scripture was fulfilled that says,“ Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone. (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 5 11
As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Αʹ 1 6-ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Αʹ 1 7
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith— of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire— may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (niv)
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ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 7 6
This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. (niv)
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PRO 17:3
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart. (niv)
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DAN 11:35
Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 3 16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (niv)
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ZEC 13:9
This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say,‘ They are my people,’ and they will say,‘ The Lord is our God.’” (niv)
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DEU 8:2
Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 1 2-ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 1 4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (niv)
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2CH 32:31
But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart. (niv)
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JOB 1:11-12
But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”The Lord said to Satan,“ Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. (niv)
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ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Βʹ 8 12
For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. (niv)
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JOB 2:3-6
Then the Lord said to Satan,“ Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”“ Skin for skin!” Satan replied.“ A man will give all he has for his own life.But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”The Lord said to Satan,“ Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.” (niv)
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MAL 3:2-3
But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, (niv)