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Trials and Temptations
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Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,
[a]
whenever you face trials of many kinds,
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because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
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ver 12; S
Matthew 5:12
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Hebrews 10:34
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Hebrews 12:11
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1 Peter 1:6
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1 Peter 1:7
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Hebrews 10:36
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[a].
The Greek word for "brothers and sisters" ("adelphoi" ) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.
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