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6. ἐλπίζω δὲ ὅτι γνώσεσθε. But I hope that ye will come to know that we are not reprobate. ‘I trust that your testing of yourselves will show you what we are’; si estis in fide, ex vobis nos cognoscite (Primasius). Or the meaning may be, ‘I expect (2Co 8:5) that ye will find out that Christ is in us with power to punish’: ἀπειληπτικῶς τοῦτο τέθεικεν, ὡς μέλλων αὐτοῖς τῆς πνευματικῆς δυνάμεως παρέχειν ἀπόδειξιν (Theodoret). The repetition, δοκιμάζετε, δόκιμοι, ἀδόκιμοι (thrice), suggests that this was a favourite expression with his critics. Note the emphatic contrasts in 2Co 13:6-7 between ἡμεῖς and ὑμεῖς.