English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 13:5
5Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
2 Corinthians 13:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- New International Version (NIV)Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith.
Context of 2 Corinthians 13:5
3since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. 4For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! 6I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. 7But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 132 Corinthians 13:5 word by word
Ἑαυτοὺς πειράζετε εἰ ἐστὲ ἐν τῇ πίστει, ἑαυτοὺς δοκιμάζετε· ἢ οὐκ ἐπιγινώσκετε ἑαυτοὺς ὅτι Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν εἰ μήτι ἀδόκιμοί ἐστε.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Examineπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: testG3985
- yourselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- whetherεἰei · ifG1487
- ye beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the faithὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
- proveδοκιμάζωdokimazō · to testG1381
- Know yeἐπιγινώσκωepiginōskō · to come to knowG1921
- ·ἤē · orG2228
- notοὐou · noG3756
- how thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- youσύsu · youG4771
- ·μήmē · notG3361
- ·τιςtis · oneG5100
- reprobatesἀδόκιμοςadokimos · failingG96
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 13:5
- Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
- Psalms 26:2Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
- Psalms 119:59When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies;
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
- Lamentations 3:40Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
- Haggai 1:5Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
- 1 Corinthians 11:28Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
- Galatians 6:4But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.
- Hebrews 4:1Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
- 1 John 3:20for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
- Revelation 2:5Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
- Revelation 3:2Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.
- Colossians 1:23if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
- Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 13:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith - ̔ · Try yourselves; pierce your hearts; bore yourselves throughout; try yourselves by what I have written, and see whether ye retain the true faith of the Gospel. Prove your own selves - ̔ · Put yourselves to the test, as you would try gold or silver suspected of adulteration. No more take that for Gospel which is not so, than you would take adulterated money for sterling coin. This is a metaphor taken from…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Examine yourselves - see the note on 1 Corinthians 11:28. The particular reason why Paul calls on them to examine themselves was, that there was occasion to fear that many of them had been deceived. Such had been the irregularities and disorders in the church at Corinth; so ignorant had many of them shown themselves of the nature of the Christian religion, that it was important, in the highest degree, for them to institute a strict and impartial…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The issue is straightforward. If the Corinthians cannot see that Jesus Christ is living among them, they have failed the test of true faith (literally are disproved). There is a wordplay here: They wanted "proof" of Paul's authority as an apostle, but Paul tells them to test themselves (or prove yourselves). If Christ is not present, it would show they are not true Christians. However, Paul has shown that he has passed the test of apostolic authority…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Examine--Greek, "Try (make trial of) yourselves." prove your own selves--This should be your first aim, rather than "seeking a proof of Christ speaking in me" (2Co 13:3). your own selves--I need not speak much in proof of Christ being in me, your minister (2Co 13:3), for if ye try your own selves ye will see that Christ is also in you [Chrysostom], (Ro 8:10). Finding Christ dwelling in yourselves by faith, ye may well believe that He speaks in me, by…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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