Because if in anything I have boasted to him concerning you, I was not put to shame, but as we spoke all things to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus became truth.
2 Corinthians 9:3 - English Majority Text Version And I have sent the brothers, lest our boasting about you lose its justification in this matter, that just as I said, you may be prepared, Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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; American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible But I’m sending the brothers so that our bragging about you in this case won’t be empty words, and so that you can be prepared, just as I keep telling them you will be. Catholic Public Domain Version Now I have sent the brothers, so that what we glory about concerning you might be not be empty in this matter, in order that (as I have explained) you may be prepared. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now I have sent the brethren, that the thing which we boast of concerning you, be not made void in this behalf, that (as I have said) you may be ready: |
Because if in anything I have boasted to him concerning you, I was not put to shame, but as we spoke all things to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus became truth.
Great is my confidence toward you, great is my boasting concerning you. I have been filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
so that we urged Titus, that just as he had begun before, thus he would also finish this grace also in you.
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,