Zechariah 13:9
New King James Version
9 I will bring the one-third (A)through the fire,
Will (B)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
Isaiah 48:10
New King James Version
10 Behold, (A)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.
1 Peter 1:6-7
New King James Version
6 (A)In this you greatly rejoice, though now (B)for a little while, if need be, (C)you have been [a]grieved by various trials, 7 that (D)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (E)it is tested by fire, (F)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
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- 1 Peter 1:6 distressed
Ephesians 5:26-27
New King James Version
26 that He might [a]sanctify and cleanse her (A)with the washing of water (B)by the word, 27 (C)that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, (D)not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
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- Ephesians 5:26 set it apart
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