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2 Corinthians 9:4

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4lest somehow if Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to speak of youa—would be humiliated in connection with this project.

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  1. aLiterally “so that we do not speak about you”; some manuscripts have “so that I do not speak about you”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we, not to mention you, would be put to shame in that situation.

NLTNew Living Translation

We would be embarrassed—not to mention your own embarrassment—if some Macedonian believers came with me and found that you weren’t ready after all I had told them!

KJV 1900King 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.