“Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.”
Remove the dross from the silver, and out comes material for the silversmith—a metaphorical instruction about purification and refinement, establishing that the removal of impurity from good material yields usable substance. The process (smelting, removal of dross) describes refinement. The theological significance involves the principle that discipline and suffering can refine character.
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