Братьев же послал я для того, чтобы похвала моя о вас не оказалась тщетною в сём случае, но чтобы вы, как я говорил, были приготовлены,
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.
But I am sendinga 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.
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;
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.
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:
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;
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;