For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

\40:2\He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.

Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.

And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

He has to become greater while I become less.

Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.

Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.

And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.