For those of Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a collection for those of the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 9:4 - 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. 更多版本King 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. |
For those of Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a collection for those of the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
On the first day of the week, the Sabbath, let each one of you take from himself, setting aside what will be well-pleasing to him, so that when I arrive, the collections will not have to be made then.
What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
Therefore, in the sight of the churches, show them the proof of your charity and of our glorying about you.
For I know your willing mind. I glory about you, concerning this, to the Macedonians. For Achaia has also been prepared, for the past year. And your example has inspired very many others.
I, Paul, have written this with my own hand: I will repay. And I need not tell you, that you are also in debt yourself, to me.