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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:
What kind of things do and do not prove the genuineness of saving faith? This question is not about judging others. It is about testing OURSELVES to see if WE are in the faith. It is about examining OURSELVES, not others. |
Bible Answer: And more from 1 John -- The testimony of God's Spirit within us. "By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit." Perhaps this passage is referring to the fruit of the Spirit, which Charis already pointed out as a true indicator previously. Or perhaps the inner testimony of the Spirit or even the experiential filling that Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, Dwight Moody, D.M. Lloyd-Jones, Spurgeon and others spoke of as taking place in their own lives (and as referred to in Galatians 4:6, Acts 4:31, etc.). |