2 Corinthians 13:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Look closely at yourselves. Test yourselves to see if you are living in the faith. Don’t you realize that Christ Jesus is in you? Of course, if you fail the test, he is not in you.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:40

Let us check and see what we have done. Then let us turn back to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:28

Before you eat the bread and drink the cup, you should examine your own attitude.

1 Corinthians 9:27

It is my own body I fight to make it do what I want. I do this so that I won’t miss getting the prize myself after telling others about it.

Revelation 2:5

So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do what you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Galatians 6:4

Don’t compare yourself with others. Just look at your own work to see if you have done anything to be proud of.

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no one fails to get God’s grace. Be careful that no one loses their faith and becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. Someone like that can ruin your whole group.

1 Corinthians 11:31

But if we judged ourselves in the right way, then God would not judge us.

Titus 1:16

They say they know God, but the evil things they do show that they don’t accept him. They are disgusting. They refuse to obey God and are not capable of doing anything good.

Galatians 2:20

So I am not the one living now—it is Christ living in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God. He is the one who loved me and gave himself to save me.

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “All who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. My Father and I will come to them and live with them.

Psalm 26:2

Look closely at me, Lord, and test me. Judge my deepest thoughts and emotions.

Romans 8:10

Your body will always be dead because of sin. But if Christ is in you, then the Spirit gives you life, because Christ made you right with God.

Psalm 119:59

I thought very carefully about my life, and I decided to follow your rules.

Haggai 1:7

The Lord All-Powerful said, “Think about what you are doing.

Hebrews 4:1

And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.

1 Corinthians 9:24

You know that in a race all the runners run, but only one runner gets the prize. So run like that. Run to win!

1 Corinthians 3:16

You should know that you yourselves are God’s temple. God’s Spirit lives in you.

Haggai 1:5

Now the Lord All-Powerful says, ‘Think about what is happening.

John 15:4

Stay joined to me and I will stay joined to you. No branch can produce fruit alone. It must stay connected to the vine. It is the same with you. You cannot produce fruit alone. You must stay joined to me.

Psalm 17:3

You were with me all night and looked deep into my heart. You questioned me and found that I did not say or do anything wrong.

Titus 2:2

Teach the older men to have self-control, to be serious, and to be wise. They must be strong in faith, in love, and in patience.

Ephesians 3:17

I pray that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.

John 17:26

I showed them what you are like, and I will show them again. Then they will have the same love that you have for me, and I will live in them.”

John 17:23

I will be in them, and you will be in me. So they will be completely one. Then the world will know that you sent me and that you loved them just as you loved me.

James 4:4

You people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving what the world has is the same as hating God. So anyone who wants to be friends with this evil world becomes God’s enemy.

Colossians 2:7

You must depend on Christ only, drawing life and strength from him. Just as you were taught the truth, continue to grow stronger in your understanding of it. And never stop giving thanks to God.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know just how rich and glorious that truth is. That secret truth, which is for all people, is that Christ lives in you, his people. He is our hope for glory.

Colossians 1:23

And that is what will happen if you continue to believe in the Good News you heard. You must remain strong and sure in your faith. You must not let anything cause you to give up the hope that became yours when you heard the Good News. That same Good News has been told to everyone on earth, and that’s the work that I, Paul, was given to do.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, I am in pain again over you, like a mother giving birth. I will feel this pain until people can look at you and see Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:16

God’s temple cannot have anything to do with idols, and we are the temple of the living God. As God said, “I will live with them and walk with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.” Leviticus 26:11-12

1 Corinthians 6:19

You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit that you received from God and that lives in you. You don’t own yourselves.

1 Corinthians 6:2

Don’t you know that God’s people will judge the world? So if you will judge the world, then surely you can judge small arguments like this.

John 6:56

Those who eat my body and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.

John 6:6

He asked Philip this question to test him. Jesus already knew what he planned to do.

1 Peter 5:9

Refuse to follow the devil. Stand strong in your faith. You know that your brothers and sisters all over the world are having the same sufferings that you have.

Hebrews 6:8

But other people are like land that grows only thorns and weeds. It is worthless and in danger of being cursed by God. It will be destroyed by fire.

Ezekiel 18:28

They saw how wicked they were and came back to me. They stopped doing the evil things they did in the past. So they will live! They will not die!”

1 Corinthians 6:15

Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take what is part of Christ and join it to a prostitute!

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking. And so they do what they should not do.

Titus 1:13

The words that prophet said are true. So tell those people that they are wrong. You must be strict with them. Then they will become strong in the faith,

2 Timothy 3:8

Just as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses, these people fight against the truth. Their thinking has been confused. The faith they have and teach is worthless.

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved in their work of having children. They will be saved if they continue to live in faith, love, and holiness with sensible behavior.

Colossians 2:19

They don’t keep themselves under the control of the head. Christ is the head, and the whole body depends on him. Because of Christ all the parts of the body care for each other and help each other. So the body is made stronger and held together as God causes it to grow.

Jeremiah 6:30

My people will be called ‘Rejected Silver.’ They will be given that name because the Lord did not accept them.”