The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
διὰdiacauseδιάpreposition — “cause”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.causeτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.κἀγὼkagōand Iκἀγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “and I”, the subject formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).when Iμηκέτιmēketino longerμηκέτιadverb — “no longer”G3371no longer, no more.no longerστέγωνstegōnforbearστέγω (stegō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “forbear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4722I cover, conceal, ward off, bear with, endure patiently.forbearἔπεμψαepempsaI sentπέμπω (pempō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “I sent”, a single actionG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.I sentεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γνῶναιgnōnaito knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to know”, a single actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.knowτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πίστινpistinfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “faith”, the object formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.faithὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.μήmēnotμήconjunction — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.πωςpōslest by some meansπώςadverb — “lest by some means”G4458howlest by some meansἐπείρασενepeirasentempterπειράζω (peirazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “tempter”, a single actionG3985I try, tempt, test.the tempterὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πειράζωνpeirazōnto testπειράζω (peirazō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to test”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3985I try, tempt, test.This verse uses “test”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἰςeisinεἰςpreposition — “in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.inκενὸνkenonvainκενός (kenos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “vain”, the object formG2756(a) empty, (b) met: empty (in moral content), vain, ineffective, foolish, worthless, (c) false, unreal, pretentious, hollow.This verse uses “vain”.vainγένηταιgenētaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κόποςkoposlaborκόποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “labor”, the subject formG2873(a) trouble, (b) toil, labor, laborious toil, involving weariness and fatigue.This verse uses “labor”.ἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.
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American Standard Version (1901)
For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
Young’s Literal Translation
because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.
World English Bible
For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
Darby Translation
For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.
Douay-Rheims
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.
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