10 Behold, I have refined you, but (A)not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.

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10 See, I have refined(A) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(B) you in the furnace(C) of affliction.

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10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

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And I will bring the third part through the (A)fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will (B)call on My name,
And I will (C)answer them;
I will say, ‘They are (D)My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will (A)purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may (B)present to the Lord [a]offerings in righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:3 Or grain offerings

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(A) he will purify(B) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(C) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(D)

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And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

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so that the [a](A)proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which perishes (B)though tested by fire, (C)may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at (D)the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:7 Or genuineness

These have come so that the proven genuineness(A) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(B)—may result in praise, glory and honor(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(D)

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That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

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