2 Corinthians 13:5

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“Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?”

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BSBPD

“Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“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?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 13:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
  2. Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
  3. Psalms 119:59I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
  4. Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
  5. Jeremiah 6:30They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
  6. Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
  7. Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
  8. Haggai 1:5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  9. Haggai 1:7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  10. John 6:6But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
  11. John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
  12. John 14:23Jesus 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.
  13. John 15:4Remain 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.
  14. John 17:23I 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.
  15. John 17:26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
  16. Romans 1:28Furthermore, 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.
  17. Romans 8:10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
  18. 1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
  19. 1 Corinthians 6:2Do 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?
  20. 1 Corinthians 6:15Do 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!
  21. 1 Corinthians 6:19Do 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;
  22. 1 Corinthians 9:24Do 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.
  23. 1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  24. 1 Corinthians 11:28Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

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