II Cor. 13:5-7
5. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
6. But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
7. Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
You're either saved or lost. Paul says they better be certain that they are saved and know it for themselves. He wanted them to have their salvation certain between the Lord Jesus Christ and themselves, and not be basing their assurance on Paul or anyone else. If Paul himself turned back to ungodliness (very possible for anyone of us), they had still better know that they themselves are saved. Otherwise they're called a reprobate.
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