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.
But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
looking carefully lest `there be' any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble `you', and thereby the many be defiled;
But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.
Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that `life' which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, `the faith' which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 140 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.
But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate. Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though we be as reprobate.
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep `it', and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.
Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and `that' the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 13 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 13
In this chapter the apostle threatens to be severe against obstinate sinners, and assigns the reason thereof (v. 1-6); then he makes a suitable prayer to God on the behalf of the Corinthians, with the reasons inducing him thereto (v. 7-10), and concludes his epistle with a valediction and a benediction (v. 11-14).
2Cr 13:1-6
In these verses observe,
2Cr 13:7-10
Here we have,
2Cr 13:11-14
Thus the apostle concludes this epistle with,