2 Corinthians 9:3

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

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KJV

King James Version

Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

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WEB

World English Bible

But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

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ASV

American Standard Version

But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared:

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But I sent the brothers so that our boasting that [is] on behalf of you⁺ in this matter should not be made void, so that you⁺ may be prepared, as I was saying—

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Corinthians 9

¹ Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

² For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

³ But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

⁴ Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

⁵ So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

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