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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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Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we* (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
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Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty,a whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready*, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
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But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully*.
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Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly*, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
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And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
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(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
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Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
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Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness,b which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
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For the administration of this service not only supplieth* the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
2 Corintios 9:3
Pero he enviado a los hermanos para que nuestra jactancia acerca de vosotros no sea hecha vana en este caso, a fin de que, como decía, estéis preparados;
English Standard Version ESV
2 Corinthians 9:3
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.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
2 Corintios 9:3
Mas he enviado los hermanos, para que nuestro gloriarnos de vosotros no sea vano en esta parte; para que, como lo he dicho, estéis apercibidos
New King James Version NKJV
2 Corinthians 9:3
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;
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
2 Corintios 9:3
Les envío a estos hermanos para estar seguro de que ustedes realmente están listos —como les he estado diciendo a ellos— y que ya tienen todo el dinero reunido. No quiero estar equivocado al jactarme de ustedes.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
2 Corintios 9:3
Con todo, les envío a estos hermanos para que en este asunto no resulte vano nuestro orgullo por ustedes, sino que estén preparados, como ya he dicho que lo estarían,
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
2 Corintios 9:3
Mas he enviado los hermanos, porque nuestra gloria de vosotros no sea vana en esta parte; para que, como lo he dicho, estéis apercibidos;
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
2 Corintios 9:3
Mas he enviado los hermanos, para que nuestro gloriarnos de vosotros no sea vano en esta parte; para que, como lo he dicho, estéis apercibidos;
Herramientas de Estudio para 2 Corinthians 9:3-15
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