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2 Corinthians 13:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 Keep testing whether you are in the faith; keep proving what you yourselves are.+ Or do you not recognize that Jesus Christ is in union with you? Unless you are disapproved.

2 Corinthians 13:5

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 5 Ἑαυτοὺς Selves πειράζετε be YOU testing εἰ if ἐστὲ YOU are ἐν in τῇ the πίστει, faith, ἑαυτοὺς selves δοκιμάζετε· be YOU proving; ἢ or οὐκ not ἐπιγινώσκετε YOU are recognizing ἑαυτοὺς selves ὅτι that Ἰησοῦς Jesus Χριστὸς Christ ἐν in ὑμῖν; YOU? εἰ if μήτι not what ἀδόκιμοί disapproved ἐστε. YOU are.

2 Corinthians 13:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 Keep testing whether YOU are in the faith, keep proving what YOU yourselves are.+ Or do YOU not recognize that Jesus Christ is in union with YOU?+ Unless YOU are disapproved.

2 Corinthians 13:5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 Make the test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; see about your own genuineness. Or do you not recognize in your own case that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless you are counterfeit,

2 Corinthians 13:5

American Standard Version
- 5 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.

2 Corinthians 13:5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 Be trying yourselves whether ye are in the faith, Be putting yourselves to the test! Or do ye not recognise yourselves Seeing that Jesus Christ is in you,—Unless perhaps ye fail in the testing.

2 Corinthians 13:5

King James Version
- 5 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?

2 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 13:5
  
  Keep testing: Some in Corinth had been challenging Paul, seeking proof that he really represented Christ. (2Co 13:3) Paul points out that they needed to “keep testing” themselves. One lexicon states that the word Paul here uses for “testing” means “to endeavor to discover the nature or character of someth[ing].” They could discover the nature of their own spiritual standing by comparing their daily conduct, attitudes, and decisions with the sacred truths they were taught. Doing such testing would help them to keep proving that they were true Christians. For “proving,” Paul uses a word that could refer to testing whether something is genuine, as one might test metals.
  
  in the faith: As Paul uses it here, the expression “the faith” refers to the body of Christian teachings and beliefs. (Ac 6:7; Ga 6:10; Eph 4:5; Jude 3) It is synonymous with “the truth,” as used at Ga 5:7, 2Pe 2:2, and 2Jo 1. Paul here stresses that it is not enough to know the truths and principles that Jesus taught; a Christian needs to be “in the faith,” that is, to live by those truths.—2Co 12:20, 21.