Verse 12

Dearely beloued, thinke it not strange concerning the firie triall, which is among you to proue you, as though some strange thing were come vnto you:

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 3:2-4 : 2 And haue sent Timotheus our brother and minister of God, and our labour felow in the Gospel of Christ, to stablish you, and to comfort you touching your faith, 3 That no man should be moued with these afflictions: for ye your selues knowe, that we are appointed thereunto. 4 For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
  • 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations, 7 That the triall of your faith, being much more precious then golde that perisheth (though it be tried with fire) might bee founde vnto your praise, and honour and glorie at the appearing of Iesus Christ:
  • 1 Pet 5:9 : 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the world.
  • Dan 11:35 : 35 And some of the of vnderstanding shal fall to trie them, & to purge, & to make them white, till the time be out: for there is a time appointed.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no tentation taken you, but such as appertaine to man: and God is faithfull, which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wil euen giue the issue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare it.
  • 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 Euery mans worke shalbe made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shalbe reueiled by the fire: and the fire shall trie euery mans worke of what sort it is.
  • Isa 28:21 : 21 For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim: hee shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his worke, his strage worke, and bring to passe his acte, his strange acte.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,