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2 Corinthians 9:3
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Administering the Gift

1 Now concerning athe ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;  
2 for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a ayear ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority.  
3 aYet 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;  
4 lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this1 confident boasting.  
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to1 exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a2 grudging obligation.  

The Cheerful Giver

6 aBut this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows1 bountifully will also reap bountifully.  
Verse Comparison: 2 Corinthians 9:3

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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:

Amplified® Bible
Still, I am sending the brethren [on to you], lest our pride in you should be made an empty boast in this particular case, and so that you may be all ready, as I told them you would be;

Contemporary English Version
That's why I am sending Titus and the two others to you. I want you to be ready, just as I promised. This will prove that we were not wrong to brag about you.

Darby English Version
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;

Good News Bible
Now I am sending these believers, so that our boasting about you in this matter may not turn out to be empty words. But, just as I said, you will be ready with your help.

International Standard Version
Now I have sent the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter may not prove to be an idle boast, and so that you may stand ready, just as I said.

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:

New American Standard Bible
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;

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
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;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not have emptiness in this case, so that, as I said, you may prepare yourselves;

Young's Literal Translation
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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