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NASB | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit? |
Subject: Examine yourselves! |
Bible Note: To Hank and to whom it may concern: I do not entirely disagree with you or our brother Mark. To what you all have written, may I add: It is the Bible that contains the record of the gospel of Christ. The Bible is the ultimate source of all that we know of God, Christ, and our salvation. While one or more individuals may not have owned a copy of or known the Bible the day they were saved, consider this: Somewhere along the line someone who witnessed to you of the saving gospel of Christ has read, understood and used scripture. That is to say, today, 2000 years after the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, were it not for the existence of the Bible, few if any people would have ANY knowledge of the saving gospel. Take away the Scriptures entirely, and, even if preachers are sent and people hear them, what would the preachers have to preach? What message would there be for people to believe? It is the gospel as recorded in the written Word of God that is the power of God unto salvation (Rom 1:16). Why, for example, was the Gospel of John written in the first place? "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." John 20:31 Saved apart from the Bible? Christ is the Living Word and the Scriptures are the Written Word of God. Try separating the Living from the Written Word. I don't believe it can be done. |