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Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. It is worth more than gold. Gold can pass away even though fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. That will happen when Jesus Christ returns.
Reference
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἐνίστημι (enístēmi)
to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
Hebrew: mᵉṭâʼ
to arrive, extend or happen
Greek: τάξις (táxis)
regular arrangement, i.e. (in time) fixed succession (of rank or character), official dignity
Hebrew: çeder
order
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ἄλλος (állos)
"else," i.e. different (in many applications)
Greek: ἤπερ (ḗper)
than at all (or than perhaps, than indeed)
Greek: χρυσίον (chrysíon)
a golden article, i.e. gold plating, ornament, or coin
Hebrew: bᵉtsar
gold
Greek: χρυσίον (chrysíon)
a golden article, i.e. gold plating, ornament, or coin
Hebrew: bᵉtsar
gold
Greek: παραλέγομαι (paralégomai)
(specially), to lay one's course near, i.e. sail past
Hebrew: chălaph
to pass on (of time)
Greek: ἔξω (éxō)
out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively
Greek: μέν (mén)
properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (δέ) (this one, the former, etc.)
Hebrew: hêʼ
{lo!}
Greek: φῶς (phōs)
compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
Hebrew: ʼûwr
flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: εἰλικρινής (eilikrinḗs)
judged by sunlight, i.e. tested as genuine (figuratively)
Hebrew: nᵉqêʼ
clean
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
Greek: ἀποφέρω (apophérō)
to bear off (literally or relatively)
Hebrew: gûwz
properly, to shear off; but used only in the (figuratively) sense of passing rapidly
Greek: ἔπαινος (épainos)
laudation; concretely, a commendable thing
Hebrew: mahălâl
fame
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: κλέος (kléos)
renown (as if being called)
Hebrew: heder
honour; used (figuratively) for the capital city (Jerusalem)
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἐπάν (epán)
a particle of indefinite contemporaneousness; whenever, as soon as
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Glory
Romans 2:7
Jude 1:24
Parallel theme
Job 23:10
James 1:12
Isaiah 48:10
1 Peter 4:12
Proverbs 17:3
Zechariah 13:9
1 Corinthians 3:13
Malachi 3:3
Verse Explanation
Trials test the genuineness of faith like fire tests and purifies gold, so genuine faith can ultimately result in praise, honor, and glory when Jesus Christ is revealed.
History
1st century AD / future: Precious-metal refining was familiar in the ancient world, making the purification illustration understandable to Peter's readers.