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:
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.
WEB
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,
YLT
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,
F.O.G Original
(3) But I have sent the brothers, so that our boasting about you might not be empty in this share, so that as I was saying, you might be ready.
F.O.G
(3) But I have sent the brothers, so that our boasting about you might not be empty in this share, so that as I was saying, you might be ready.
F.O.G MSG
³But I’m sending these brothers ahead to make sure my boasting about you wasn’t premature. I want you to be ready, just as I’ve been saying you would be.