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[2 Corinthians 13:1](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/13/1) **.** *This is the third time I am coming to you.* Compare the following texts. [Acts 18:1](../../../kjv/acts/18/1); [Acts 20:2-3](../../../kjv/acts/20/2-3); [Acts 21:13](../../../kjv/acts/21/13). The difficulty here is removed by the admission, that his second coming was on a journey, and therefore not counted when he speaks of their having a second benefit. [2 Corinthians 1:15](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/1/15).
[2 Corinthians 13:5](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/13/5) **.** *Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith.* Those are here exhorted who had indulged in fornication and uncleanness, [2 Corinthians 12:21](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/21), and also the false apostles who had required a proof of Christ speaking by him. He had complied with this. Now he required them to give proof whether *they* were in the faith, and holy in their practice, lest on God’s examination, they should be found reprobates. The Greek *adokimoi* signifies untried. It alludes to the touchstone, or tests of silver and other metals. It is rendered castaway in [1 Corinthians 9:27](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/9/27); and surely this caution was designed to prevent so great a calamity. Calvin lays no stress upon the text, from a leaning towards the doctrine of reprobation.
[2 Corinthians 13:11](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/13/11) **.** *Be perfect:* aim at carrying every grace to the highest possible perfection. The word is often applied to the perfecting of a building. It is applied also to the mending or perfecting of a broken net. [Matthew 4:21](../../../kjv/matthew/4/21). [Mark 1:19](../../../kjv/mark/1/19). See [2 Corinthians 7:1](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/7/1).
[2 Corinthians 13:12](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/13/12) **.** *A holy kiss.* The *phliema agion* of antiquity was this. The moment the blessing was pronounced, the women gave each other a kiss; for they sat separate from the men. The men often kissed each other on the cheek. This is called also the kiss of peace.

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