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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:
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 |
Bible Answer: Robert, I think that you are missing the point that Kalos was trying to make. I think that you will see it after you have been on the forum a while. You are proving your point from God's word that comes from the witness that is within you. There are many on the forum that might come up with the same answers but it is coming from churchianity and not a personal relationship with Christ. There are those that try to lift up a their religion every chance they get to prove some off the wall point and it is usually obvious to everyone but them. In some cases the condition of their soul isn't all that obvious and the Lord gave us a parable to show such a situation. Matthew 13:24-30 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. You will notice that it wasn't until verse 26 that the tares were recognized and that was because the fruit that came forth was different. This is what Kalos is trying to show them, that they need to examine them selves to be sure that they are in the faith because their fruit is not the same as those that are of pure wheat. |