For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the believers in Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 9:4 - Tree of Life Version Otherwise, if any Macedonians were to come and find you unprepared, we—not to mention you—would be put to shame in this undertaking. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Lest, when the Macedonians shall come with me, and find you unprepared, we (not to say ye) should be ashamed in this matter. |
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the believers in Jerusalem.
On the first day of the week, let each of you set something aside, saving up whatever is gained, so no collections take place when I come.
What I am saying, I am saying not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this self-confident boasting.
Therefore, before Messiah’s communities show them the proof of your love and of our boasting about you.
for I know your eagerness. I boast about it to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been preparing for a year already; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay. (Not to mention that you owe me your very self.)