But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
KJV
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:
ASV
But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared: