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2 Corinthians 13 · a question people ask

"Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith." (13:5). How are they to test themselves?

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The verse goes on with its own question: "Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified." (13:5). Then: "But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified." (13:6), and "Now I pray to God that you do no evil" (13:7). The chapter doesn't say more of how the testing is done, or of what being disqualified would mean, and these notes don't. They ask no one whether they are in the faith, and don't take these verses to answer any other question.

The verses

“Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified. Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we may seem to have failed.”
2 Corinthians 13:5-7 · World English Bible

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2 Corinthians 13: He lives through the power of God

The letter's last chapter says, "For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God." (13:4), and then of we, "we will live with him through the power of God toward you" (13:4). And the whole letter ends in grace: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen." (13:14).

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Last reviewed October 8, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Every answer cites the verses it rests on. What we believe · All Bible questions