2 CORINTHIANS 13:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.”
And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test — Paul's *confidence* (*oida*) rests on the Corinthians' honest *self-examination*. His *apostleship* will be *vindicated* when they recognize Christ's presence in their own community through his ministry.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 13:6
“Try your own selves, whether ye be in the faith, prove your own selves. Do you not know as to your own selves, that Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobate? But I hope that you shall know that we are not reprobate.” For since by what he has said he has shown that even if he does not punish, it is not because he has not Christ in himself, but because he intimates His long-suffering, Who was crucified and yet avenged not Himself; he again, in another manner, produces…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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