^5 (A)Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; ^(B)examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you ^[a](C)fail the test? ⁶ But I expect that you will realize that we ourselves ^[b]do not fail the test. ⁷ Now we pray to God that you do nothing wrong; not so that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, though we may ^[c]appear unapproved. ⁸ For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. ⁹ For we rejoice when we ourselves are ^(D)weak, but you are strong; this we also pray for, ^[d]that you ^(E)become mature. ¹⁰ For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present ^(F)I need not use ^(G)severity, in accordance with the ^(H)authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.