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 Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Berean Literal Bible
But I have sent the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not be made void, that you may be prepared, as I have been saying.

King James Bible
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 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;

New American Standard Bible
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;

NASB 1995
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;

NASB 1977
But I have sent the brethren, that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, that, as I was saying, you may be prepared;

Legacy Standard Bible
But I have sent the brothers, 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;

Amplified Bible
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;

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

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:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But I sent the brethren lest our boasting would be empty which we boasted about you concerning this matter, that you would be prepared,

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

English Revised 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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I've sent my coworkers so that when we brag that you're ready, we can back it up.

Good News Translation
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.

Literal Standard Version
and I sent the brothers, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, you may be ready,

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
Nonetheless, I sent the brothers so that our boast about you might not prove empty in this case, so that you might be ready, as I said,

NET Bible
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.

New Revised Standard Version
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you may not prove to have been empty in this case, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be;

New Heart English Bible
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,

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

Weymouth New Testament
Still I send the brethren in order that in this matter our boast about you may not turn out to have been an idle one; so that, as I have said, you may be ready;

World English Bible
But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

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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