2 Corinthians 9:4

Lest if any from Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be put to shame by this confidence.

Revised King James New Testament

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 have sent the brethren, lest our boasting about you in this matter should be in vain; that, as I said, you may be ready:

5Therefore, I thought it necessary to urge these brethren, that they would go on ahead to you, and arrange beforehand your generous gift, which you promised, that it might be ready, as a willing gift, and not as one grudgingly given.

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Cross References

Romans 15:26For it has pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 8:24Therefore show to them, before the churches, the proof of your love, and the reason for our boasting about you.

2 Corinthians 11:17That which I am speaking, I do not speak with the Lord's authority, but, as it were, foolishly, in boastful confidence.

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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