For he that in these things serveth Christ {is} acceptable to God, and approved of men.

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:

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, {and} to prove thee, to know what {was} in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which {I have} in you. {I have: or, he hath}

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being {found} blameless.

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. {heresies: or, sects}

Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

But in all {things} approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, {approving: Gr. commending}