But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be.

但我打发那几位弟兄去，要叫你们照我的话预备妥当，免得我们在这事上夸奖你们的话落了空。

但我差遣那几位弟兄去，要使你们照我的话预备妥当，免得我们在这事上夸奖你们的话落了空。

但我差遣那几位弟兄去，要使你们照我的话预备妥当，免得我们在这事上夸奖你们的话落了空。

现在我先派这几位弟兄到你们那里，以便你们把捐款预备好，正如我所说的那样，免得我们在这件事上夸耀你们的话成了虚言。

我派了那几位弟兄前来，为了要使我们在这事上对你们的称赞不至落空，好让你们可以照着我所说的准备妥当，

不过我派这些弟兄去，是为了我们在这方面对你们的夸耀不至于落空，好让你们能照着我所说的准备好；

但我打發那幾位弟兄去，要叫你們照我的話預備妥當，免得我們在這事上誇獎你們的話落了空。

但我差遣那幾位弟兄去，要使你們照我的話預備妥當，免得我們在這事上誇獎你們的話落了空。

但我差遣那幾位弟兄去，要使你們照我的話預備妥當，免得我們在這事上誇獎你們的話落了空。

現在我先派這幾位弟兄到你們那裡，以便你們把捐款預備好，正如我所說的那樣，免得我們在這件事上誇耀你們的話成了虛言。

我派了那幾位弟兄前來，為了要使我們在這事上對你們的稱讚不至落空，好讓你們可以照著我所說的準備妥當，

不過我還打發那幾位弟兄去，好叫我們在這方面所誇獎你們的不至於落了空，好叫你們照我屢次所說的豫備好了。

不過我派這些弟兄去，是為了我們在這方面對你們的誇耀不至於落空，好讓你們能照著我所說的準備好；

今我遣兄弟、使爾有備、如我所言、免我為爾之誇歸於虛也、

吾遣兄弟、使爾有備、如余所言、恐吾讚爾之言、或歸於虛、

我遣兄弟、欲使爾有備、如我所言、免我於此事為爾所誇者歸於空虛、

吾今之所以先派兄弟者、亦欲爾等有備、庶幾吾所誇獎爾等之事、不成子虛烏有；

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.

But I am sending the brothers. Then our bragging about you in this matter will have a good reason. You will be ready, just as I said you would be.

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.

But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter would not prove empty, and so that you would be ready just as I said.

But I have sent the brothers, in order that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you will be prepared;

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;

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:

But I sent the brothers so our boasting about you in the matter would not prove empty, and so you would be prepared just as I said.

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:

But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.

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,

Accordingly, we urged Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace.

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.

For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true.

For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord.With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us,for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man.And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for your benefit. And as for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated— to say nothing of you— for being so confident.So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.