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Your Faith is My Proof
Commentators explain a profound link between the Corinthians' faith and Paul's authority. If the Corinthians examine themselves and find that Christ is truly in them, this very discovery validates Paul's apostleship. As the Expositor's Bible Commentary highlights, their genuine faith is the ultimate proof that Paul, who brought them the Gospel, is a genuine apostle.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 13:6
18th Century
Theologian
But I trust, etc. The sense of this verse is, "Whatever may be the result of your examination of yourselves, I trust (Greek, I hope
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 13:6
That ye shall know (οτ επιγνωσεσθε). Such a testing of themselves will give them full knowledge that Paul is not
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 13:6
19th Century
Bishop
But I trust . . .—Better, But I hope . . . The “we” that follows is emphatic: “whether you fail to pass the test…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 13:6
Rather than demanding proof that Christ was speaking through Paul (v.3), the Corinthians ought to be examining themselves. Paul asks in effect: “Do…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 13:6
16th Century
Theologian
I hope that you shall know He presses them still more urgently, while indulging this confident persuasion — that he will not be rejected b…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 13:6
17th Century
Pastor
But I trust that you shall know
Whether they were reprobates or not, the apostle would not pretend to say; that he l…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 13:1–6
17th Century
Minister
Though it is God's gracious method to bear long with sinners, yet He will not bear always; eventually He will come, and will not spare those who re…