JOY 1 Peter 1:6-9 Part 2 of 2

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. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.  

These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith 
James 1:3  ... because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire 
Job 23:10  "But he knows the way I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold."
Psalm 66:10  For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
Proverbs 17:3  The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
Isaiah 48:10  "See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction."

may result in praise, glory and honor 
2 Corinthians 4:17  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

when Jesus Christ is revealed 
1 Peter 1:13  Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
1 Thessalonians 2:19  For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?

and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him 
John 20:29  Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls 
Romans 6:22-23  But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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