2COR 8:22 Parallel View

BSB § And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

BLB Now we sent with them our brother, whom we have proven often in many things to be earnest, but now much more earnest by his confidence which is toward you.

AICNT We have sent with them our brother, whom we have tested many times in many ways as being diligent, but now much more diligent because of the great confidence he has in you.

OEB We are also sending with them another of our friends, whose earnestness we have many a time proved in many ways, and whom we now find made even more earnest by his great confidence in you.

WEB We have sent with them our brother whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.

NET And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

LSV and we sent our brother with them, whom we proved being diligent many times in many things, and now much more diligent, by the great confidence that is toward you,

FBV We're also sending with them another brother who has proved to be reliable on many occasions, and who is eager to help. He is now even more eager to help because of the great confidence he has in you.

TCNT We are also sending with them our brother whom we have often tested and found to be earnest in many matters, and now he is even more earnest because of his great confidence in you.

T4T Furthermore, there is also another believer here whom we are sending to you along with the two men whom I have just mentioned. Many times I have seen his good work for the Lord, and I know that he is eager to serve the Lord. Now, because he knows for sure that you want to give this gift the same as other believers do, he is even more eager than he was before to go with the two other men.

LEB And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times in many things that he is diligent, but now much more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

BBE And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

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ASV And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you.

DRA And we have sent with them our brother also, whom we have often proved diligent in many things; but now much more diligent, with much confidence in you,

YLT and we sent with them our brother, whom we proved in many things many times being diligent, and now much more diligent, by the great confidence that is toward you,

DBY And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved to be of diligent zeal in many things, and now more diligently zealous through the great confidence [he has] as to you.

RV And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you.

WBS And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved to be diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

KJB And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
(And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you. )

BB 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:
(We have sent with them a brother of ours, whom we have oftentymes proued diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, for the great confidence which I have in you:)

GNV And we haue sent with them our brother, whom we haue oft times prooued to be diligent in many thinges, but nowe much more diligent, for the great confidence, which I haue in you.
(And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oft times prooued to be diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, for the great confidence, which I have in you. )

CB We haue sent with them also a brother of oures, whom we haue oft proued diliget in many thinges, but now moch more diligent.
(We have sent with them also a brother of oures, whom we have oft proued diliget in many things, but now much more diligent.)

TNT We have sent with them a brother of oures whom we have ofte tymes proved diliget in many thynges but now moche more diligent. The great confidence which I have in you: hath caused me this to do:
(We have sent with them a brother of oures whom we have ofte times proved diliget in many things but now much more diligent. The great confidence which I have in you: hath/has caused me this to do: )

WYC For we senten with hem also oure brothir, whom we han preued in many thingis ofte, that he was bisi, but nowe myche bisier, for myche trist in you,
(For we sent with them also our brothir, whom we have proved in many things ofte, that he was bisi, but now much bisier, for much trist in you,)

LUT Auch haben wir mit ihnen gesandt unsern Bruder, den wir oft gespüret haben in vielen Stücken, daß er fleißig sei, nun aber viel fleißiger.
(Auch have wir with ihnen sent unsern brother, the wir oft gespüret have in vielen Stücken, that he fleißig sei, now but many fleißiger.)

CLV Misimus autem cum illis et fratrem nostrum, quem probavimus in multis sæpe sollicitum esse: nunc autem multo sollicitiorem, confidentia multa in vos,[fn]
(Misimus however when/with illis and brother nostrum, which probavimus in multis sæpe sollicitum esse: now however multo sollicitiorem, confidentia multa in vos,)

8.22 Confidentia. Quasi dicat: pro confidentia vestri ivit? et pro Tito et Luca cum quibus ibenter ibat.

8.22 Confidentia. Quasi dicat: pro confidentia vestri ivit? and pro Tito and Luca when/with to_whom ibenter ibat.

UGNT συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν, ὃν ἐδοκιμάσαμεν ἐν πολλοῖς, πολλάκις σπουδαῖον ὄντα, νυνὶ δὲ πολὺ σπουδαιότερον πεποιθήσει πολλῇ τῇ εἰς ὑμᾶς.
(sunepempsamen de autois ton adelfon haʸmōn, hon edokimasamen en pollois, pollakis spoudaion onta, nuni de polu spoudaioteron pepoithaʸsei pollaʸ taʸ eis humas.)

SBL-GNT συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν ὃν ἐδοκιμάσαμεν ἐν πολλοῖς πολλάκις σπουδαῖον ὄντα, νυνὶ δὲ πολὺ σπουδαιότερον πεποιθήσει πολλῇ τῇ εἰς ὑμᾶς.
(sunepempsamen de autois ton adelfon haʸmōn hon edokimasamen en pollois pollakis spoudaion onta, nuni de polu spoudaioteron pepoithaʸsei pollaʸ taʸ eis humas. )

TC-GNT Συνεπέμψαμεν δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν, ὃν ἐδοκιμάσαμεν ἐν πολλοῖς πολλάκις σπουδαῖον ὄντα, νυνὶ δὲ πολὺ σπουδαιότερον, πεποιθήσει πολλῇ τῇ εἰς ὑμᾶς.
(Sunepempsamen de autois ton adelfon haʸmōn, hon edokimasamen en pollois pollakis spoudaion onta, nuni de polu spoudaioteron, pepoithaʸsei pollaʸ taʸ eis humas. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word Now introduces a new idea, which is that Paul is sending one more person with Titus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a new idea, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: “Further,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

συνεπέμψαμεν

˱we˲_sent_with

Here Paul refers to how he and his fellow workers sent yet another believer along with Titus. Use the same tense that you used in 8:17 for Titus’ travel. Alternate translation: “we are sending” or “we have sent”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν

the brother ˱of˲_us

Paul is using the term brother to refer to a person who shares the same faith. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “another believer”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῖς

˱with˲_them

Here, the word them refers to Titus and the previously mentioned brother. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit to whom the pronoun refers. Alternate translation: “with these two men” or “with Titus and the other brother”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὃν ἐδοκιμάσαμεν

whom ˱we˲_approved

Here, the phrase whom we proved could indicate that Paul and his fellow workers have: (1) tested the brother, and he successfully passed the tests. Alternate translation: “whom we proved by testing” or “whom we tested and approved” (2) seen what the brother does, and they approve of him. Alternate translation: “whom we are sure about” or “of whom we approve”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πολλοῖς, πολλάκις σπουδαῖον ὄντα

many_‹things› often earnest being

Here, the phrase often being eager identifies what this brother was proved to be. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this connection more explicit. Alternate translation: “many ways to often be eager” or “in many ways that he was often eager”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πολὺ σπουδαιότερον

much more_earnestly

Here Paul implies that the brother is even more eager than he was when Paul and his fellow workers proved him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea more explicitly. Alternate translation: “he is even more eager than he was before” or “he is more eager than ever”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πεποιθήσει πολλῇ τῇ εἰς ὑμᾶς

˱by˲_/his/_confidence much ¬which toward you_all

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of confidence, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “because of how very confident he is in you”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πεποιθήσει πολλῇ τῇ εἰς ὑμᾶς

˱by˲_/his/_confidence much ¬which toward you_all

Here Paul implies that the brother has confidence that the Corinthians will do what is right, particularly that they will give generously to help the believers in Jerusalem. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “because of his great confidence that you will give generously”

Parallel 2COR 8:22