2 Corinthians 13:5 states a command to examine and prove ourselves.  The passage says, “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!” (ESV). This show us there is a deep need for all people to test their individual character.  Furthermore there is a deep need for us to pass the test of the trial of our faith.  When we consider our faith as an individual assessment test it should be realized that there is a lessor trial of faith for us than Jesus Christ in the realm of suffering.  We are not adjudicated as deserving of crucifixion for our faith; however, Jesus was condemned as a blasphemer for His faith and He was crucified. He was guiltless yet that did not curtail the cross death sentence. Nevertheless we still aught all strive to examine ourselves with the Bible as the standard for our lives and see how we measure up.  Here are a few questions to use as self-examination criteria to determine if our character is noble and righteous before God: