2 Coríntios 13

2 Coríntios 13:5

Wiersbe writes that… To begin with, Paul told the Corinthians that they should examine their hearts to see if they were really born again and members of the family of God. Do you have the witness of the Holy Spirit in your heart? (Ro 8:9, 16) Do you love the brethren? (1Jn 3:14) Do you practice righteousness? (1John 2:29; 3:9) Have you overcome the world so that you are living a life of godly separation? (1John 5:4) These are just a few of the tests we can apply to our own lives to be certain that we are the children of God. In one of the churches I pastored, we had a teenager who was the center of every problem in the youth group. He was a gifted musician and a member of the church, but nevertheless he was a problem. One summer when he went off to our church youth camp, the youth leaders and church officers and I agreed together to pray for him daily. At one of the meetings, he got up and announced that he had been saved that week! His Christian profession up to that time had been counterfeit. He experienced a dramatic change in his life, and today he is serving the Lord faithfully. No doubt many of the problems in the church at Corinth were caused by people who professed to be saved, but who had never repented and trusted Jesus Christ. Our churches are filled with such people today. Paul called such people reprobate, which means “counterfeit, discredited after a test.” Paul used this word again in 2Corinthians 13:6, 7, emphasizing the fact that it is important for a person to know for sure that he is saved and going to heaven (see 1 John 5:11, 12, 13). (Bible Exposition Commentary - Old Testament. Victor ) (Bolding added) OR DO YOU NOT RECOGNIZE THIS ABOUT YOURSELVES: e ouk epiginoskete (2PPAI) hautous: Recognize: 1Co 3:16 6:2,15,19 9:24 Jas 4:4) Don’t you thoroughly know this about yourselves Do you not recognize this about yourselves - This phrase in Greek expects an affirmative reply. Recognize (1921) (epiginosko [word study] from epí = upon, an intensive which gives force of “fully” + ginosko = to know) (See also the discussion of the related noun epignosis) means to know fully, to know with certainty, to become thoroughly acquainted with or to know thoroughly. Epiginosko means to possess more or less definite information about, and can imply a degree of thoroughness. It speaks of full or added knowledge (see epignosis). Epiginosko also means to recognize a thing to be what it really is, to acknowledge, to understand