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2Co 13:3. Δοχιμὴν ζητεῖτε, ye seek a proof) A metonymy for, you provoke me; you tempt me; you desire to find out what I am; see 2Co 13:5 [ἑαυτοὺς δοκιμάζετε, prove your own selves].-δοκιμὴ has its conjugates in 2Co 13:5-6 [ἀδοκιμοι].-τοῦ Χριστοῦ) i.e., whether Christ is speaking in me. The Corinthians had doubts; he presently proves that they ought not to doubt.-εἰς ὑμᾶς, ἐν ὑμῖν, to you-ward, in you) The particles differ; see ch. 2Co 10:1-οὐκ ἀσθενεῖ, is not weak) by me and this very epistle.[91]-δυνατεῖ) The ardour of his mind produced this new word by a paraphrase in respect to ἀσθενεῖ.
[91] [Christ, who] is not weak towards you, as far as I and this very epistle can effect.-ED.