2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselve…”

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

World English Bible

Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

American Standard Version

Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

Geneva Bible 1599

Proue your selues whether ye are in the faith: examine your selues: knowe yee not your owne selues, howe that Iesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Darby Translation

examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?

Young's Literal Translation

Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

Bible in Basic English

Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?

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Cross references

“Examine”

Lamentations 3:40 1 Corinthians 11:28 Revelation 2:5 Galatians 6:4 1 Corinthians 11:31 Hebrews 12:15

Lamentations 3:40 · BSB

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

1 Corinthians 11:28 · BSB

Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

Revelation 2:5 · BSB

Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Galatians 6:4 · BSB

Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

1 Corinthians 11:31 · BSB

Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

Hebrews 12:15 · BSB

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

“in the faith”

Titus 2:2 Colossians 1:23 Colossians 2:7 1 Peter 5:9 Titus 1:13 1 Timothy 2:15

Titus 2:2 · BSB

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

Colossians 1:23 · BSB

if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Colossians 2:7 · BSB

rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

1 Peter 5:9 · BSB

Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

Titus 1:13 · BSB

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

1 Timothy 2:15 · BSB

Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

“Know”

1 Corinthians 9:24 1 Corinthians 3:16 1 Corinthians 6:19 James 4:4 1 Corinthians 6:2 1 Corinthians 6:15

1 Corinthians 9:24 · BSB

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

1 Corinthians 3:16 · BSB

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 6:19 · BSB

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

James 4:4 · BSB

You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 6:2 · BSB

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

1 Corinthians 6:15 · BSB

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

“Jesus Christ”

Galatians 2:20 John 14:23 Romans 8:10 John 15:4 John 17:23 Ephesians 2:20–22

Galatians 2:20 · BSB

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

John 14:23 · BSB

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Romans 8:10 · BSB

But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

John 15:4 · BSB

Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

John 17:23 · BSB

I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

Ephesians 2:20–22 · BSB

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

“reprobates”

1 Corinthians 9:27 Titus 1:16 Hebrews 6:8 Romans 1:28 Jeremiah 6:30 2 Timothy 3:8

1 Corinthians 9:27 · BSB

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Titus 1:16 · BSB

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Hebrews 6:8 · BSB

But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Jeremiah 6:30 · BSB

They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

2 Timothy 3:8 · BSB

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Also

John 6:6

John 6:6 · BSB

But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

6And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.

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