2 Corinthians 13:6

New Living Translation

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

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 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

¹ This is the third time I am coming to visit you (and as the Scriptures say, "The facts of every case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses"). ² I have already warned those who had been sinning when I was there on my second visit. Now I again warn them and all others, just as I did before, that next time I will not spare them. ³ I will give you all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. Christ is not weak when he deals with you; he is powerful among you. ⁴ Although he was crucified in weakness, he now lives by the power of God. We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal with you we will be alive with him and will have God's power. ⁵ Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith. ⁶ As you test yourselves, I hope you will recognize that we have not failed the test of apostolic authority.

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 13:6
But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.

Genesis 13:7
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)

Genesis 13:10
Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 13:11
Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.

Genesis 13:17
Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you."

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord .

1 Timothy 6:9
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

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.