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Douay-Rheims
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For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you: and our labour should be made vain.
King James
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For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
Louis Second
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Ainsi, dans mon impatience, j'envoyai m'informer de votre foi, dans la crainte que le tentateur ne vous eût tentés, et que nous n'eussions travaillé en vain
Martin Luther
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Darum ich's auch nicht länger vertragen, hab' ich ausgesandt, daß ich erführe euren Glauben, auf daß nicht euch vielleicht versucht hätte der Versucher, und unsere Arbeit vergeblich würde.
Vulgate
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propterea et ego amplius non sustinens misi ad cognoscendam fidem vestram ne forte temptaverit vos is qui temptat et inanis fiat labor noster

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


ego : I, self.
non : not.
ne : (conj.) that .. not, in order that .. not, in order not to.
forte : perchance.
forte : by chance, by luck, accidentally.
vos : you (pl) /YOU can't catch me, i'm the gingerbread man.
vos : (acc.) you (pl) /I'll fight YOU all, then; bring me giants!.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.
inanis : empty, vain, inane.
inanis : useless.
labor : hardip, fatigue, distress.
labor : hardship, exertion.
labor : to sink, slip away.