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2 Corinthians 9:4

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9:4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated10 (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.11

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  1. 10 Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”
  2. 11 Grk “by this confidence”; the words “we had in you” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied as a necessary clarification for the English reader.

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!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

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.