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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: Hi Brent Douglass, I perceive that you and I love John. 1John 1:3b"...and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete." 2Corinthians 13:14, "...and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all." Isn't it great that we can know if we pass the test of 2Cor 13:5!! Compare with 1John 5:19, "We know that we are of *God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one." 1John 4:4, "You are from *God, little children, and have overcome them..." Gal.4:14, Paul writes, "...but you receive me as an angel of *God..." Romans 8:19,"...For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God." 1John 2:5,"...but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of *God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him." 1John 2:13, "...because you know *Him who has been from the beginning." 1John 2:24, "As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the *Father." 1John 2:28, "Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at *His coming." 1John 3:2, "We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see *Him just as He is." 1John 3:7, "Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as *He is righteous;..." 1John 3:23, "This is *His commandment..." 1John 3:24b, "We know by this that *He abides in us, by the spirit which He has given us. (Small s my interpretation.) 1John 4:1, "...but test the spirits..." 1John 4:2, "By this you know the spirit of (God); every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God;...you are from *God, little children..." 1John 4:6, "We are from God; he who knows (God) listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."...*God is love." 1John 5:20, "And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know (Him) who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true *God and eternal life." If nobody gets the point of our words at least the words of the Bible are being printed. We can examine ourselves and "know of what spirit we are." |