ACC ~ 1 Peter 1 v7

GOLD TRIED BY FIRE. HERMAS: Just as gold is tried by fire and becomes useful, so also you who live in the world are tried in it. So then, you who remain in it and pass through the flames will be purified. For just as gold casts off its dross, so also you will cast off all sorrow and tribulation, becoming pure and useful for the building of the tower. SHEPHERD, VISIONS 3.1.

THE SAINTS SHINE LIKE REFINED GOLD. ATHANASIUS: Because the saints saw that the divine fire would cleanse them and benefit them, they did not shrink back from or get discouraged by the trials which they faced. Rather than being hurt by what they went through, they grew and were made better, shining like gold that has been refined in a fire. FESTAL LETTERS 10.

NOT ALL SUFFER NOW. CHRYSOSTOM: The righteous suffer so that they may be crowned with glory, but sinners suffer in order to bring judgment on their sins. But not all sinners pay the price of their sins in this life, but await the resurrection. And not all the righteous suffer now, lest you think that evil is to be praised and you come to hate the good. CATENA.

FAITH MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD. HILARY OF ARLES: The glory of the redeemed will never fade after they have been raised from the dead, for it will have withstood the fire of temptation, whereas the gold of this world is said to rust.INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

PATIENCE LIKE GOLD. BEDE: It is appropriate that Peter should compare Christian patience with gold, because just as there is no metal more precious than that, so patience is worthy of all honor in the sight of God. ON 1 PETER.

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