2 Corinthians 9:3
2 Corinthians 9:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready
2 Corinthians 9:3-5 The Message (MSG)
Now I’m sending the brothers to make sure you’re ready, as I said you would be, so my bragging won’t turn out to be just so much hot air. If some Macedonians and I happened to drop in on you and found you weren’t prepared, we’d all be pretty red-faced—you and us—for acting so sure of ourselves. So to make sure there will be no slipup, I’ve recruited these brothers as an advance team to get you and your promised offering all ready before I get there. I want you to have all the time you need to make this offering in your own way. I don’t want anything forced or hurried at the last minute.
2 Corinthians 9:3 King James Version (KJV)
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
2 Corinthians 9:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you may be prepared
2 Corinthians 9:3 New Century Version (NCV)
But I am sending the brothers to you so that our bragging about you in this will not be empty words. I want you to be ready, as I said you would be.
2 Corinthians 9:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
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
2 Corinthians 9:3 New International Version (NIV)
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.
2 Corinthians 9:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Still, I am sending the brothers [on to you], so that our pride in you may not be an empty boast in this case, and so that you may be prepared, just as I told them you would be
2 Corinthians 9:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
But I am sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as I have been telling them, and that your money is all collected. I don’t want to be wrong in my boasting about you.