2 Corinthians 9:4 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁴ lest perhaps if [some] Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this confident boasting.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Lest, if [any] Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared [for this generosity], we, to say nothing of yourselves, be humiliated for our being so confident.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

Common English Bible

⁴ If some Macedonians should come with me and find out that you aren’t ready, we (not to mention you) would be embarrassed as far as this project goes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Otherwise, if the Macedonians arrive with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you) would be ashamed in this matter.

2 Corinthians 9:4 Cross References

Romans 15:26

For Macedonia and Achaia thought it good to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of the week let each one of you put [something] aside, storing up whatever he may prosper, in order that there be no collections when I come.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore show to them the proof of your love, and of our boasting concerning you, before the churches.

2 Corinthians 9:2

for I know your readiness, about which I boast concerning you to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has provoked the majority.

Philemon 1:19

I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay-lest I say to you that even yourself you owe to me!