Verse 3

Yet haue I sent the brethren, lest our boastyng which I make of you, should be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye (as I haue sayde) may prepare your selues.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 8:6 : 6 So that we coulde not but desire Titus to accomplyshe ye same grace among you also, euen as he had begun.
• 2 Cor 8:17-24 : 17 Because he accepted the exhortation, yea rather he was so well wylling, that of his owne accorde he came vnto you. 18 We haue sent with hym that brother whose praise is in the Gospel through out all the Churches. 19 (And not that only, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a felowe with vs in our iourney, concernyng this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and to stirre vp your redie mynde) 20 For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs: 21 And make prouisio for honest thinges, not only in the syght of the Lorde, but also in the syght of men. 22 We haue sent with them a brother of ours, whom we haue oftentymes proued diligent in many thinges, but nowe much more diligent, for the great confidence whiche I haue in you: 23 Partly for Titus sake, which is my felowe & helper concernyng you: partly because of other which are our brethren and the messengers of the Churches, and the glorie of Christe. 24 Wherfore shewe ye vnto them ye profe of your loue, & of our reioycyng of you in the syght of the Churches.
• 2 Cor 9:4-5 : 4 Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyll not say you) shoulde be ashamed in this matter of boastyng. 5 Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng.
• Titus 3:1 : 1 Warne them to be subiect to rule & power, to obey magistrates, to be redie to euery good worke:
• 1 Cor 16:1-4 : 1 Concerning the gatheryng for the saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, euen so do ye. 2 Upon some Sabboth daye, let euery one of you put asyde by hym selfe, and laye vp as God hath prospered hym, that then there be no gatherynges when I come. 3 When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem. 4 And yf it be meete that I go also, they shall go with me.
• 2 Cor 7:14 : 14 I am therefore not nowe ashamed, though I boasted my selfe to hym of you. For as all thinges which we spake vnto you are true: euen so our boastyng that I made vnto Titus is made true.