Bible > 2-corinthians > 2-corinthians 13 > 2-corinthians 13:5 Clarke's 2-corinthians 13:5 Bible Commentary Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith - Ἑαυτους πειραζετε· Try yourselves; pierce your hearts; bore yourselves throughout; try yourselves by what I have written, and see whether ye retain the true faith of the Gospel. Retail: $6.99. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. A man who wishes to prove an axe to see whether it is good or not, does not sit down and look at it, or read all the treatises which he can find on axe-making, and on the properties of iron and steel, valuable as such information would be; but he shoulders his axe and goes into the woods, and puts it to the trial there. Examination does not necessarily imply a practical test. Prove your own selves - The word used here (δοκιμάζετε dokimazete) is stronger than that before used, and rendered "examine" (πειράζετε peirazete). The simple idea is, that they might know that they were Christians, unless their religion was such as would not stand the test, or was worthless. On the subject of religion, people often act as they do on no other subject; and if it is right for one to be satisfied of the sincerity of his attachments to his best earthly friends, and to speak of such attachment without wavering or misgiving, it cannot be wrong to be satisfied with regard to our attachment to God, and to speak of that attachment, as the apostles did, in language of undoubted confidence. Gain a concise, fundamental grasp of what the Bible is all about with our NEW "Know the Bible" series. In the mouth of two or three a witnesses shall every word be established.. 2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:. Whether ye be in the faith - Whether you are true Christians. "We know.' who, when they knew God, did not glorify him as God, but changed his truth into a lie, and worshipped the creature more than the Creator, in words they profess to know God, yet in works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and to every good work, lest while he preached to others, he himself should be. 13 This will be my third visit to you. www.faithalone.org Image from metals (Jer 6:30; Da 5:27; Ro 1:28). 2 Corinthians 13:6. Our Price: $4.88. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on 2 Corinthians 13:5. Read 2 Corinthians 13 commentary using Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. After all, Christ cannot be real in the Corinthians and false in the one who introduced them to Him (2 Corinthians 13:5–7). 2 Corinthians 13:5New King James Version (NKJV) 5 Examine yourselves as towhether you are in the faith. Or know ye not as to your own selves that Jesus Christ is in you? Such was not the case with the apostles and early Christians. That religion which will enable a man to endure persecution for the name of Jesus; to bear calamity without complaining; to submit to a long series of disappointments and distresses for Christ's sake, is genuine. Faith in Jesus Christ, and in the promises of God through him, is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a true Christian; and to ascertain whether we have any true faith, therefore, is to ascertain whether we are sincere Christians. There is no allusion here to the sense which is sometimes given to the word "reprobate," of being cast off or abandoned by God, or doomed by him to eternal ruin in accordance with an eternal purpose. Know ye not your own selves, how that p Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be q reprobates? Let him go and try to do good; to endure affliction in a proper manner; to combat the errors and follies of life; to admonish sinners of the error of their ways; and to urge forward the great work of the conversion of the world, and he will soon see there what his religion is worth - as easily as a man can test the qualities of an axe. A reprobate is one abandoned to perdition. Every charge must be established () by the evidence of two or three witnesses. Rev., try, is better than examine. 2 Corinthians 5:13. ? if you are in the faith, prove yourselves to be so; himself, and search out his own true character unless he be a believer, as is evident from the addition of the proper name, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. 13All the saints greet you. See on Romans 1:28. For some reasons for such an examination, and some remarks on the mode of doing it; see the note on 1 Corinthians 11:28. The word is kindred to the verb prove (δοκιμάζετε), and means disapproved on trial. How that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? ◄ 2 Corinthians 5:13 ► If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. Examine yourselves, &c. — You examine and try me, but let me admonish you to turn the search into your own hearts, that ye may know, with certainty, whether ye be in the faith — Whether ye possess true and saving faith in Christ and his gospel, and are therefore true Christians. What greater difficulty need there be in understanding the character on the subject of religion than on any other subject; and why should there be anymore reason for doubt on this than on any other point of character? That religion which will prompt a man unceasingly to a life of prayer and self-denial; which will make him ever conscientious, industrious, and honest; which will enable him to warn sinners of the errors of their ways, and which will dispose him to seek the friendship of Christians, and the salvation of the world, is pure and genuine. God intends for us to discover the reality of our nature. All rights reserved worldwide. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! "We know that we dwell in him;" 1 John 4:13; see also John 5:2, John 5:19-20. Here its exact meaning is defined by the context as that of failing to pass the scrutiny to which he calls them: “Christ is in you” (the central thought of the Apostle’s teaching; Galatians 1:16; Ephesians 2:22; Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 1:27), “unless the sentence, after an impartial scrutiny by yourselves, or by a judge gifted with spiritual discernment, is that there are no tokens of His presence.” The ideas which Calvinistic theology has attached to the word “reprobate” are, it need hardly be said, foreign to the true meaning of the word, both here and elsewhere. 11Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 13 This will be the third time I am coming to you. See on Acts 6:7. I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. The apostle hereby brings them into this dilemma, either that if upon examination they were found to be in the faith, and Christ in them, which blessings they enjoyed through his ministry, then they did not want a proof of Christ speaking in him; but if these things did not appear in them, then they were persons of no judgment in spiritual things, were not real Christians, but insignificant and useless persons. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Final Warnings. "We know that we are of the truth;" 1 John 3:19. 14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, … "We know that he abideth in us;" 1 John 3:24. 2 Corinthians 13:5 in all English translations. (Compare Mr 8:11). 5:19. It is properly applicable to metals, as denoting that they will not bear the tests to which they are subjected, but are found to be base or adulterated. If they are Christians, they may know it with as undoubted certainty as they may know their character on any other subject. ye are reprobates; meaning not that they were so, as such may stand opposed to the elect of God; for persons may as yet neither be in the faith, nor Christ in them, and yet both be hereafter, and so not be left of God, or consigned to destruction; but that if they were not in the doctrine of, faith, then they were reprobate concerning it, or void of judgment in it; and if they had not the grace of faith, and Christ was not in them, then they were not genuine, but nominal professors, like "reprobate silver", counterfeit coin; which when detected, would be "disapproved", not only by God, but man, as this word also signifies, and so stands opposed to them that are "approved", 2 Corinthians 13:7 or if they did not make such an examination, probation, and recognition of themselves, they would be without probation: or as the Arabic version, without experiment. 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