II Corinthians 9:3
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But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
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have I sent--we should say, "I send"; whereas the ancients put it in the past, the time which it would be by the time that the letter arrived. the brethren-- (Co2 8:18, Co2 8:22) --Titus and the two others. should be in vain in this behalf--"should be proved futile in this particular," however true in general (Co2 7:4). A tacit compliment, softening the sharp monition. as I said--as I was saying (Co2 9:2).
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle seems to excuse his earnestness in pressing the Corinthians to the duty of charity (Co2 9:1-5), and proceeds to give directions about the acceptable way and manner of performing it, namely, bountifully, deliberately, and freely; and gives good encouragement for so doing (Co2 9:6 to the end).
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Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.