2 Timothy 2:20-21
Now in a large house there are not only things of gold and silver, but also others of wood and earthenware, some for better and some for common use.
1 Peter 1:7
that the genuineness of your faith--a thing far more precious than gold, which is perishable, yet has to be tested by fire--may win praise and glory and honour at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.
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Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
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2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a large house there are not only things of gold and silver, but also others of wood and earthenware, some for better and some for common use.
1 Peter 1:7
that the genuineness of your faith--a thing far more precious than gold, which is perishable, yet has to be tested by fire--may win praise and glory and honour at the Appearing of Jesus Christ.