2 Corinthians 9:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ lest if some Makedonians come with me and find you not ready, we – not to speak of you – should be put to shame because of our belief.

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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 it pleased those from Makedonia and Achaia to make some contribution for the poor among the set-apart ones who are in Yerushalayim.

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of the week let each one of you set aside, storing up whatever he is prospered, so that there are no collections when I come.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I speak, I speak not according to the Master, but as in foolishness, in this boldness of boasting.

2 Corinthians 8:24

Therefore show to them the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf, and in the presence of the assemblies.

2 Corinthians 9:2

for I know your eagerness, about which I boast of you to the Makedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago. And your ardour has stirred up most of them.

Philemon 1:19

I, Sha’ul, wrote with my own hand. I shall repay – not to mention to you that you indeed owe yourself to me also.