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13 When you did not hesitate to get up and leave your dinner in order to go and bury that dead man,

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17 For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,(A)

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17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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[a]In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials,(A) so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:6–9 As the glory of Christ’s resurrection was preceded by his sufferings and death, the new life of faith that it bestows is to be subjected to many trials (1 Pt 1:6) while achieving its goal: the glory of the fullness of salvation (1 Pt 1:9) at the coming of Christ (1 Pt 1:7).

In all this you greatly rejoice,(A) though now for a little while(B) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.(C) These have come so that the proven genuineness(D) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(E)—may result in praise, glory and honor(F) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(G)

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