2 Corinthians 13:1-6
Coming with Authority
13 This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”
2 I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare—
3 since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.
4 For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
Context
- What proof has Paul already given of his authority? (2 Corinthians 10:4-6, 11:18-31, 12:11-21)
Reflection
- Why is community of two or three witnesses so important? (Deuteronomy 19:15, Matthew 18:16, John 8:17, Acts 5:1-11, Hebrews 10:28)
- How are we strongest when we are weak? (Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 12:9, 10, Ephesians 6:10, James 4:6)
- Why should I examine myself as to whether i’m in the faith? (Matthew 7:3, 4, Romans 8:9, 16, John 15:5, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19, 20, Galatians 2:20, Hebrews 12:5-7, 1 John 2:29, 3:9, 14)
Testimony Time
- Do you know that Christ is in you?
- How are you bringing others to Him? (Romans 8:10, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 1 John 5:11-13, 2 Peter 1:5-11, Proverbs 11:30)
