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2 Corinthians 9:4
2 Corinthians 9:4 is verse 4 of 2 Corinthians chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.
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2 Corinthians 9:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
3 But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
4 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.
5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Corinthians 9:2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
2 Corinthians 8:1Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
2 Corinthians 8:3For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
2 Corinthians 8:4they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
2 Corinthians 8:5And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.
2 Corinthians 8:24In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
2 Corinthians 11:17In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.