2 Corinthians 9:4

lest haply, if Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in respect to this confidence.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

In Context

3But I sent the brethren, that our boasting of you might not be made in vain in this respect; that, as I said, ye may be prepared;

5I thought it necessary, therefore, to exhort the brethren, that they should go before to you, and make up beforehand your bounty before promised, that this may be ready, in manner as a bounty and not as covetousness.

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Cross References

Romans 15:26For Macedonia and Achaia thought it good, to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who were at Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 8:24Therefore show toward them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 9:2-6

Charity Urged. ( a. d. 57.) 1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. 3 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: 4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be… Read the whole commentary →

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