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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Gill's Exposition
Yet have I sent the brethren,.... Titus, and the other two mentioned in the foregoing chapter: one manuscript reads, "we have sent"; and the Ethiopic version, "they have sent", that is, the…
Barnes' Notes
Yet have I sent the brethren - The brethren referred to in 2Co 8:18, 2Co 8:22-23. Lest our boasting of you - That you were disposed to contribute, and that you were already prepared, and that the…
Adam Clarke
Yet have I sent the brethren - Titus and his companions, mentioned in the preceding chapter.
That, as I said, ye may be ready - And he wished them to be ready, that they might preserve the good…
In these verses the apostle speaks very respectfully to the Corinthians, and with great skill; and, while he seems to excuse his urging them so earnestly to charity, still presses them thereto, and…
Cambridge Bible
Yet have I sent Although instructions to make the collection were needless, it was not needless for me to send the brethren. See note on 2Co 9:9. For I have sent, the Greek has I sent. But see notes…
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