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test

Definition:

The term "test" refers to a difficult or painful experience that reveals a person's strengths and weaknesses.

  • God tests people, but he does not tempt them to sin. Satan, however, tempts people to sin.
  • God sometimes uses tests to expose people's sin. A test helps a person to turn away from sin and to draw closer to God.
  • Gold and other metals are tested with fire to find out how pure and strong they are. This is a picture of how God uses painful circumstances to test his people.
  • To "put to the test" can mean, "challenge something or someone to prove its value."
  • In the context of putting God to the test, it means to try to make him do a miracle for us, taking advantage of his mercy.
  • Jesus told Satan that it is wrong to put God to the test. He is the almighty, holy God who is above everything and everyone.

Translation Suggestions:

  • The term "to test" could also be translated as, "to challenge" or "to cause to experience difficulties" or "to prove."
  • Ways to translate "a test" could be, "a challenge" or "a difficult experience."
  • To "put to the test" could be translated as "to test" or "to set up a challenge" or "to force to prove oneself."
  • In the context of testing God, this could be translated as, "trying to force God to prove his love."
  • In some contexts, when God is not the subject, the term "test" can mean "tempt."

(See also: ../kt/tempt.md)

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