9:3a But I am sending the brothers in order that

But in another way, I am sending the ⌊three⌋ brothers so that
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Yet from another standpoint, I am sending ⌊those⌋ fellow-believers to you so that

9:3b our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty,

our (excl.) boasts about you regarding this ministry will not become vain/empty/wrong,
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the boasts we made about you ⌊supporting the poor believers⌋ will prove true.

9:3c but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

and/but so that you (plur.) may be ready ⌊with your gift⌋, just as I had said/boasted.
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Rather, ⌊I am sending the brothers⌋ so that your gift will be prepared ⌊when I come⌋, just as I have been telling/boasting ⌊to the Macedonian churches⌋ that you would do.

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