2nd Corinthians Chapter 9 verse 3 Holy Bible
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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But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:
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But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;
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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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But I have sent the brothers 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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and I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - But. Though it is needless to write to you about this collection, I sent the brethren to make sure that all I had said about you might be justified by reality. In this behalf; i.e. about this matter (comp. 2 Corinthians 3:10), or, as we might express it, "in this direction." He seems to have felt more uncertainty about their liberality than about other matters (2 Corinthians 7:4).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Yet have I sent the brethren . . .--This, then, was his purpose in the new mission. He wanted the performance not to fall short of the promise. They must be found ready, their money collected. (Comp. 1Corinthians 16:2.)In this behalf.--Perhaps, in this particular, or, in this respect, would be more in harmony with modern English phraseology.
