¹⁰ Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

² You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

¹⁸ For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

²² We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.

²² But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Gospel.

¹⁰ Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blameless.

⁷ that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

¹⁹ For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

⁹ For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

¹⁹ Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.