2 Corinthians 13:6

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And I hope you will recognize that we ourselves do not fail the test.

King James Version (1611)
But I trust that yee shall knowe that we are not reprobates.

King James Version
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

English Standard Version
I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test.

New American Standard Bible
But I expect that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test.

New Century Version
But I hope you will see that we ourselves have not failed the test.

Amplified Bible
But I hope you will acknowledge that we do not fail the test nor are we to be rejected.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But I trust that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test.

Legacy Standard Bible
But I hope that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test.

Berean Standard Bible
And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.

Contemporary English Version
I hope you will discover that we have not failed.

Complete Jewish Bible
But I hope you will realize that we are not failures.

Darby Translation
Now I hope that ye will know that *we* are not reprobates.

Easy-to-Read Version
But I hope you will see that we have not failed the test.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But I trust that ye shall knowe that wee are not reprobates.

George Lamsa Translation
But I trust that you shall know that we are not rejected.

Good News Translation
I trust you will know that we are not failures.

Lexham English Bible
And I hope that you will recognize that we are not unqualified!

Literal Translation
And I hope you will know that we are not disapproved.

American Standard Version
But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.

Bible in Basic English
But it is my hope that you will have no doubt that we are truly Christ's.

Hebrew Names Version
But I hope that you will know that we aren't disqualified.

International Standard Version
I hope you will realize that we haven't failed our test.

Etheridge Translation
But I trust you will know that we are not reprobate.

Murdock Translation
But, I trust, ye will know that we are not reprobates.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I trust ye shal knowe that we are not reprobates.

English Revised Version
But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.

World English Bible
But I hope that you will know that we aren't disqualified.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And I trust, ye shall know, that we are not reprobates.

Weymouth's New Testament
But I trust that you will recognize that we are not insincere.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y hope, that ye knowen, that we ben not repreuable.

Update Bible Version
But I hope that you shall know that we are not reprobate.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I trust that ye will know that we are not reprobates.

New English Translation
And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test!

New King James Version
But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

New Living Translation
As you test yourselves, I hope you will recognize that we have not failed the test of apostolic authority.

New Life Bible
I trust you see that we belong to Him and have passed the test.

New Revised Standard
I hope you will find out that we have not failed.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I hope, however, that ye shall come to know, that, we, fail not in the testing!

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates.

Revised Standard Version
I hope you will find out that we have not failed.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I trust that ye shall knowe yt we are not castawayes.

Young's Literal Translation
and I hope that ye shall know that we -- we are not disapproved of;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But I trust ye knowe, yt we are not cast awayes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I trust you shall know that we are not so destitute,

Simplified Cowboy Version
While you reflect on your own lives, notice that we have not failed the test. Jesus does live in us and our actions prove it.

Contextual Overview

¹Well, this is my third visit coming up. Remember the Scripture that says, "A matter becomes clear after two or three witnesses give evidence"? On my second visit I warned that bunch that keeps sinning over and over in the same old ways that when I came back I wouldn't go easy on them. Now, preparing for the third, I'm saying it again from a distance. If you haven't changed your ways by the time I get there, look out. You who have been demanding proof that Christ speaks through me will get more than you bargained for. You'll get the full force of Christ, don't think you won't. He was sheer weakness and humiliation when he was killed on the cross, but oh, he's alive now—in the mighty power of God! We weren't much to look at, either, when we were humiliated among you, but when we deal with you this next time, we'll be alive in Christ, strengthened by God. ⁵Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don't drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. I hope the test won't show that we have failed. But if it comes to that, we'd rather the test showed our failure than yours. We're rooting for the truth to win out in you. We couldn't possibly do otherwise. We don't just put up with our limitations; we celebrate them, and then go on to celebrate every strength, every triumph of the truth in you. We pray hard that it will all come together in your lives.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Corinthians 13:3, 2 Corinthians 13:4, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 12:20

Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 9:27 - a castaway 2 Corinthians 1:13 - than 2 Corinthians 13:5 - reprobates 2 Timothy 3:8 - reprobate

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

Genesis 13:18
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

1 Timothy 6:9
But if it's only money these leaders are after, they'll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I trust that ye shall know,.... Whether they were reprobates or not, the apostle would not pretend to say; that he left to themselves, and of which they were capable of making judgment for themselves: however, he hoped and believed, that he and his fellow apostles would give such proof of themselves, as that they should know certainly

that we, says he,

are not reprobates; men void of judgment in the doctrines of the Gospel, but have light, knowledge, and understanding in them; or useless and unprofitable in the ministry, but were the savour of life unto life to many; were ministers by whom others believed; were successful labourers in the Lord's vineyard, and builders in his house; and were made very useful for the conversion, comfort, and edification of many souls: or that they were not men disapproved either by God, or his people; since as they faithfully served Christ in the ministration of the Gospel, they were acceptable to God, and approved of men: or were not men without a proof of Christ speaking in them; they might assure themselves they would have too soon, for some of them, an evidence of that power and authority which Christ had lodged in them, to punish such as repented not of their evils.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I trust ... - The sense of this verse is,” Whatever may be the result of your examination of yourselves, I trust (Greek I hope) you will not find us false and to be rejected; that is, I trust you will find in me evidence that I am commissioned by the Lord Jesus to be his apostle.” The idea is, that they would find when he was among them, that he was endowed with all the qualifications needful to confer a claim to the apostolic office.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 13:6. Ye shall know that we are not reprobates. — Ye have had, and ye shall have, the fullest proof that I have preached the true faith among you; and that God has confirmed it by his testimony; and thus that I am proved and manifested to be what I ought to be, and shown to be approved of God.