2 Corinthians 9:3
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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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:
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:
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔπεμψα | epempsa | I have sent | G3992 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → |
| ἀδελφούς, | adelphous | brothers, | G80 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| καύχημα | kauchēma | boasting | G2745 → |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | of us | G3165 → |
| τὸ | to | which [is] | G3588 → |
| ὑπὲρ | huper | about | G5228 → |
| ὑμῶν | humōn | you | G4771 → |
| κενωθῇ | kenōthēa | may be made void | G2758 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | <the> | G3588 → |
| μέρει | merei | matter | G3313 → |
| τούτῳ, | toutō | this, | G3778 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| καθὼς | kathōs | even as | G2531 → |
| ἔλεγον | elegon | I was saying | G3004 → |
| παρεσκευασμένοι | pareskeuasmenoi | having prepared yourselves | G3903 → |
| ἦτε, | ēte | you may be, | G1510 → |
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