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2 Corinthians 13:5–6

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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?
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
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From verse 5

  1. Lamentations 3:40Rank 1 from verse 5
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

  2. 1 Corinthians 11:28Rank 2 from verse 5
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    28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

  3. Psalms 139:23–24Rank 3 from verse 5
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    23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

    24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

  4. 1 Corinthians 9:27Rank 4 from verse 5
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    27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

  5. Revelation 2:5Rank 5 from verse 5
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    5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

  6. Galatians 6:4Rank 6 from verse 5
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    4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

  7. 1 Corinthians 11:31Rank 7 from verse 5
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    31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

  8. Hebrews 12:15Rank 8 from verse 5
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    15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

  9. John 14:23Rank 9 from verse 5
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    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  10. Galatians 2:20Rank 10 from verse 5
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    20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  11. Psalms 26:2Rank 11 from verse 5
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    2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

  12. Titus 1:16Rank 12 from verse 5
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    16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  13. Romans 8:10Rank 13 from verse 5
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    10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

  14. Psalms 119:59Rank 14 from verse 5
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    59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

  15. Revelation 3:2–3Rank 15 from verse 5
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    2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

    3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

  16. Haggai 1:7Rank 16 from verse 5
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    7¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

  17. Hebrews 4:1Rank 17 from verse 5
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    1LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

  18. 1 Corinthians 9:24Rank 18 from verse 5
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    24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

  19. Haggai 1:5Rank 19 from verse 5
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    5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

  20. Psalms 17:3Rank 20 from verse 5
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    3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  21. 1 Corinthians 3:16Rank 21 from verse 5
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    16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

  22. Ephesians 2:20–22Rank 22 from verse 5
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    20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

    21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

    22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

  23. John 15:4Rank 23 from verse 5
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

  24. John 17:23Rank 24 from verse 5
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    23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

  25. 1 Corinthians 6:19Rank 25 from verse 5
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    19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

  26. Ephesians 3:17Rank 26 from verse 5
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    17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

  27. James 4:4Rank 27 from verse 5
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    4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  28. John 17:26Rank 28 from verse 5
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    26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  29. Titus 2:2Rank 29 from verse 5
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    2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

  30. 1 Corinthians 6:2Rank 30 from verse 5
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    2Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

  31. 2 Corinthians 6:16Rank 31 from verse 5
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    16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  32. Colossians 1:23Rank 32 from verse 5
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    23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

  33. Colossians 1:27Rank 33 from verse 5
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    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  34. Colossians 2:7Rank 34 from verse 5
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    7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

  35. Galatians 4:19Rank 35 from verse 5
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    19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

  36. John 6:6Rank 36 from verse 5
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    6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

  37. 1 John 3:20–21Rank 37 from verse 5
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    20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

  38. John 6:56Rank 38 from verse 5
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    56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

  39. 1 Peter 2:4–5Rank 39 from verse 5
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    4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  40. 1 Peter 5:9Rank 40 from verse 5
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    9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

  41. 2 Corinthians 13:6–7Rank 41 from verse 5
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    6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

    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.

  42. Ezekiel 18:28Rank 42 from verse 5
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    28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  43. Hebrews 6:8Rank 43 from verse 5
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    8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

  44. Romans 1:28Rank 44 from verse 5
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    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  45. 1 Corinthians 6:15Rank 45 from verse 5
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    15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

  46. 2 Timothy 3:8Rank 46 from verse 5
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    8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

  47. Colossians 2:19Rank 47 from verse 5
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    19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

  48. Jeremiah 6:30Rank 48 from verse 5
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    30Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.

  49. Titus 1:13Rank 49 from verse 5
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    13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

  50. 1 Timothy 2:15Rank 50 from verse 5
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    15Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

From verse 6

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:20Rank 1 from verse 6
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    20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

  2. 2 Corinthians 13:10Rank 2 from verse 6
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    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.

  3. 2 Corinthians 13:3–4Rank 3 from verse 6
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    3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

    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.

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2 Corinthians 13:5

COMBINED MEANING

examine

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To inspect, inquire into, question, test, or scrutinize carefully in order to discover the truth or condition.

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

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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.

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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.

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COMBINED MEANING

faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

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

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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Jesus Christ

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The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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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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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

COMBINED MEANING

except

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Sense 1: Unless; with the exclusion of; apart from. Sense 2: To exclude or leave out. Sense 3: To object or take exception.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Corinthians 13:6

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

trust

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Sense 1: Confidence or reliance placed in a person or thing. Sense 2: To rely upon, confide in, or place confidence in. Sense 3: Something committed to another's care or charge.

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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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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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.

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?

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

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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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