1:6 それゆえ、あなたがたは、心から喜んでいるのです。今しばらくの間、いろいろな試練に悩まねばならないかもしれませんが、

1:7 あなたがたの信仰は、その試練によって本物と証明され、火で精錬されながらも朽ちるほかない金よりはるかに尊くて、イエス・キリストが現れるときには、称賛と光栄と誉れとをもたらすのです。

1:8 あなたがたは、キリストを見たことがないのに愛し、今見なくても信じており、言葉では言い尽くせないすばらしい喜びに満ちあふれています。

1:9 それは、あなたがたが信仰の実りとして魂の救いを受けているからです。

ＴＥＶ Ⅰペテ1:6-9

1:6 Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer.

1:7 Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1:8 You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,

1:9 because you are receiving the salvation of your souls, which is the purpose of your faith in him.