2 Corinthians 9:3

1 Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

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.

4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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:
WEB
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,
ASV
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:
DARBY
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;
BLB
But I sent the brothers so that our boasting that [is] on behalf of you⁺ in this matter should not be made void, so that you⁺ may be prepared, as I have been saying—
ÅB
Men jeg sender brødrene, for at ikke den ros vi har gitt dere, skal bli til intet i dette stykke, for at dere, som jeg har sagt, må være rede,
OTB
Men jeg har sendt brødrene, slik at vår skryt om dere ikke skal bli gjort tom i dette tilfellet, slik at, som jeg sa, dere vil være forberedt;
B1930
Men jeg sender brødrene, forat ikke den ros vi har gitt eder, skal bli til intet i dette stykke, forat I, som jeg har sagt, må være rede,

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