![The Bible does not, in 2 Corinthians 13:5 or anywhere else, tell us to examine ourselves for evidences of conversion. Instead of examining our own works, we should be focusing on Jesus only. Picture of a boy laughing with an open Bible on his lap. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash.](https://www.wordofhisgrace.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/boy_with_bible.jpg)
Peter Ditzel
In part 1, we saw that many interpret 2 Corinthians 13:5 to mean that we should examine our works for evidences of conversion. We also saw that the context shows that Paul’s focus was himself. He expected the Corinthians to see that the fact that they were believers proved that God had worked through him to bring about their conversion. They were to stop listening to people who were maligning him. Now, let’s look at another proof that this verse isn’t teaching us to examine ourselves for evidence of conversion.