You have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ – 1 Peter 1:6 & 7 . . By enduring the present afflictions with courage, while having no experience, God will grant you the possibility to endure any thing that – God forbid – would probably happen against your will. Therefore, if you seek heaven, and what concern the life to come, nothing would ever harm you. Even the hosts of darkness (the devils) themselves, would never be able to harm us, unless we harm ourselves by ourselves; even though our body be torn to pieces, that would mean nothing to us, as long as our Spirit is sound – St John Chrysostom #trials #dailyreadings #holybible #coptic #orthodoxy
You have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ – 1 Peter 1:6 & 7
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By enduring the present afflictions with courage, while having no experience, God will grant you the possibility to endure any thing that – God forbid – would probably happen against your will. Therefore, if you seek heaven, and what concern the life to come, nothing would ever harm you. Even the hosts of darkness (the devils) themselves, would never be able to harm us, unless we harm ourselves by ourselves; even though our body be torn to pieces, that would mean nothing to us, as long as our Spirit is sound – St John Chrysostom
#trials #dailyreadings #holybible #coptic #orthodoxy
