“ But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. ”
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...
(3) But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. (3) He appeases that sharpness, trusting that they will show themselves towards their faithful apostle, able and willing to be taught....
Warnings in View of a Visit. This closing chapter starts from a vivid realisation of that which is only too likely to be the situation when he arrives for the third time. With increased emphasis, a...
trust . hope. know . Greek. ginosko. App-132.
6. I hope that you shall know He presses them still more urgently, while indulging this confident persuasion — that he will not be rejected by the Corinthians. One of two things was necessar...
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 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;...
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. We are not reprobates - not unable to abide the "proof." "I trust that" your own Christianity will be known by you on your proving i...
The Apostle announces a third visit, and exhorts them to repentance. He expresses his desire for their growth in grace. Paraphrase. '(1) This is the third visit I am about to pay you. On this occa...
But I trust... — Better, But I hope ... The “we” that follows is emphatic: “whether you fail to pass the test or not, I have a good hope that you will know that we do not fail, whether the tes...
Chapter 28 CONCLUSION. 2 Corinthians 13:1-14 (R.V) THE first part of this chapter is in close connection with what precedes; it is, so to speak, the explanation of St. Paul's fear 2 Corinthia...
“Prove Your Own Selves” 2 Corinthians 13:1-6 Once more Paul refers to the charge that his ministry was characterized by weakness. This deeply wounded him. He admitted that in his personal appea...
In view of his intention to visit them again the apostle urged them to personal examination. They were to test themselves, and to prove themselves whether they were in the faith. The reason for his a...
(5) 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? (6) But I trust that ye shall know th...
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 them...
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. Ver. 6. But I trust that ye shall know ] Whereas they were ready to retort that they were no reprobates, he should well know, let him se...
Examine yourselves , &c. You examine and try me, but let me admonish you to turn the search into your own hearts, that ye may know, with certainty, whether ye be in the faith Whether ye posses...
It is essential that Paul should repeat that this was the third time he was coming to them. Such emphasis was needed to awaken proper exercise. For the second time he had not come, in order to spare...
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In...
You make a doubt whether Christ be in us, and you would fain know how it may be evidenced that he is so. If Christ be not in us we must be reprobates. But I trust that ye shall know, either in this...
‘But I hope that you will know that we are not reprobate (failing the test).' And his hope is that as they do this they will come to recognise that Paul and his fellow-workers are not reprobate, not...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 13:1-13 .—[Good paraphrase, exhibiting connection of thought, from Stanley: “Once, twice, thrice, as in the Mosaic Law of the three witnesses; by my first visit—by th...
2 Corinthians 13:1 . This is the third time I am coming to you. Compare the following texts. Acts 18:1 ; Acts 20:2-3 ; Acts 21:13 . The difficulty here is removed by the admission, that his sec...
CONCLUDING APPEALS AND EXHORTATIONS , EXPOSITION 2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you . I have thrice formed the intention, though the second time I had to...
Paul appeals to his readers to stand approved of Christ:
2 Corinthians 12:20 ; 2 Corinthians 13:10 ; 2 Corinthians 13:3 ; 2 Corinthians 13:4
And I trust ye shall know — By proving yourselves, not by putting my authority to the proof.