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2 Corinthians 13:3

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Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
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  1. Matthew 10:20Rank 1 from verse 3
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    20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

  2. 2 Corinthians 10:8–10Rank 2 from verse 3
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    8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

    9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

    10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

  3. 2 Corinthians 12:12Rank 3 from verse 3
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    12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

  4. Luke 21:15Rank 4 from verse 3
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    15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  5. 1 Corinthians 9:1–3Rank 5 from verse 3
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    1AM I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

    2If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

    3Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

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2 Corinthians 13:3

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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proof

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Evidence that proves; a test or demonstration of truth, genuineness, or obedience.

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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13:1THIS is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

13:2I 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:

13:3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

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13:4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

13:5Examine 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?

13:6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

13:7Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

13:8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

13:9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

13:10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

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