Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Corinthians 9:3
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2 Corinthians9:3
3. have I sent--we should say, "I send"; whereas the ancients put it in the past, the time which it would be by the time that the letter arrived.
the brethren--(2Co 8:18, 22)--Titus and the two others.
should be in vain in this behalf--"should be proved futile in this particular," however true in general (2Co 7:4). A tacit compliment, softening the sharp monition.
as I said--as I was saying (2Co 9:2).
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