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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? |
Bible Question (short): How do we test ourselves? |
Question (full): brother Karlos: What is the test to see if we are in the faith? I do not think it is presumptious for a Christian to have confidence in the word of God regarding eternal life. I love the words of Paul "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." John in 1 John 3:13 writes "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God: that you might know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God." Karlos, Is 1 John 4 a guide for testing the reality of our salvation? As a Christian I cannot boast anything of myself, however, I am thankful that God brought me to himself through Christ. I am only a sinner saved by grace. In Christ Robert |