What the Bible says about Dokimion
(From Forerunner Commentary)

James 1:2-4 "Testing" is dokimion, meaning "to prove." Dokimion describes the process of proving sterling coinage, that it was genuine and unalloyed. We can conclude, then, that God's testing process has the goal or aim of purging us of all impurity, to make us "perfect and complete, lacking nothing" (verse 4). Mike Ford Joy and Trial Related Topics: Proving | Proving Of Faith | Purging | Purging of Impurity | Purification | Purification through Suffering | Testing | Testing of Faith | Trials | Trials, Purpose of | Trials, Shaping Power Of