2 Corinthians 9:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be put to shame—to say nothing of you—in this undertaking.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Lest, when the Macedonians shall come with me, and find you unprepared, we (not to say ye) should be ashamed in this matter.

2 Corinthians 9:4 Cross References

Romans 15:26

for Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to share their resources with the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I am saying in regard to this boastful undertaking, I am saying not with the Lord’s authority but as a fool;

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you to them.

2 Corinthians 9:2

for I know your eagerness, which is the subject of my boasting about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

Philemon 1:19

I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self.