II Corinthians 13:5-7.... Paul's instructions for testing oneself ought to serve as smelling salts in the nose of modern apathy and unqualified security in the church. Let us examine the rigorous standards of fealty to Christ the apostle has in mind when he closes his exhortation to this fledgling church with a command for spiritual introspection. It would serve believers well at any juncture to heed this diagnostic imperative!