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2 Corinthians 9:4

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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.

Lest {G3381} haply {G4458} if {G1437} they of Macedonia {G3110} come {G2064} with {G4862} me {G1698}, and {G2532} find {G2147} you {G5209} unprepared {G532}, we {G2249}(that {G3363} we say {G3004} not {G3363}, ye {G5210}) should be ashamed {G2617} in {G1722} this same {G5026} confident {G5287} boasting {G2746}.

For if some Macedonians were to come with me and find you unprepared, we would be humiliated at having been so confident — to say nothing of how you would feel.

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

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.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Corinthians 8:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

  • 2 Corinthians 8:5 (2 votes)

    And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

  • 2 Corinthians 9:2 (2 votes)

    For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:24 (2 votes)

    Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.

  • Romans 15:26 (2 votes)

    For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:17 (2 votes)

    That which I speak, I speak [it] not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.