2 Corinthians 9:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyll not say you) shoulde be ashamed in this matter of boastyng.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 15:26 : 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia & Achaia to make a certaine comon gatheryng for the poore saintes whiche are at Hierusalem.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-5 : 1 Moreouer, we do you to wite brethren, of the grace of God, which was geuen in the Churches of Macedonia. 2 Howe that ye aboundance of their reioycing is, that they are tryed with muche tribulation. And though they were exceedyng poore, yet haue they geuen exceedyng rychlye, and that in singlenesse. 3 For to their powers (I beare them recorde) yea & beyonde their powers, they were wyllyng. 4 And prayed vs with great instaunce that we woulde receaue this grace and societie of the ministerie to ye saintes. 5 And this they dyd not as we loked for: but gaue their owne selues first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the wyll of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Wherfore shewe ye vnto them ye profe of your loue, & of our reioycyng of you in the syght of the Churches.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 For I knowe the redinesse of your mynde, whereof I boast my selfe of you, vnto them of Macedonia, that Achaia was prepared a yere a go: and your zeale hath prouoked many.
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng.

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  • 2 Cor 9:1-3
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    1Of the ministryng to the saintes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you:

    2For I knowe the redinesse of your mynde, whereof I boast my selfe of you, vnto them of Macedonia, that Achaia was prepared a yere a go: and your zeale hath prouoked many.

    3Yet haue I sent the brethren, lest our boastyng which I make of you, should be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye (as I haue sayde) may prepare your selues.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And in this confidence was I minded first to haue come vnto you, yt ye myght haue had one pleasure more:

    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth of you to Iurie.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-21
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    19(And not that only, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a felowe with vs in our iourney, concernyng this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and to stirre vp your redie mynde)

    20For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs:

    21And make prouisio for honest thinges, not only in the syght of the Lorde, but also in the syght of men.

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    14For we stretch not out our selues beyonde measure, as though we reached not vnto you: For euen to you also haue we come with the Gospell of Christe:

    15And we boast not our selues out of measure in other mens labours: Yea, and we hope, when your fayth is increased among you, to be magnified accordyng to our measure aboundauntly,

    16And that I shall preache the Gospell, in those regions which are beyonde you: and not to glorie of those thynges, which by another mans measure are prepared alredy.

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    8For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame:

    9Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.

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    14I am therefore not nowe ashamed, though I boasted my selfe to hym of you. For as all thinges which we spake vnto you are true: euen so our boastyng that I made vnto Titus is made true.

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    9And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.

    10The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

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    3When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.

    4And yf it be meete that I go also, they shall go with me.

    5I wyll come vnto you, after I haue gone ouer Macedonia (For I wyl passe through Macedonia)

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    20For I feare lest when I come, I shall not fynde you such as I woulde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you, such as ye woulde not: lest there be debates, enuyinges, wrathes, strifes, backbitinges, whisperinges, swellinges, & seditions:

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    2I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe.

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    8Wherfore, though I myght be much bolde in Christe, to inioyne thee that which is conuenient:

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    1Moreouer, we do you to wite brethren, of the grace of God, which was geuen in the Churches of Macedonia.

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    16I say agayne, let no man thynke that I am foolyshe: or els euen nowe take ye me as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng.

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    13I woulde that ye should knowe brethren, howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you ( and haue ben let hytherto,) that I myght haue some fruite also among you, as among other of the gentiles.

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    3And I wrote this same vnto you, lest when I came, I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.

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    4And prayed vs with great instaunce that we woulde receaue this grace and societie of the ministerie to ye saintes.

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    12That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you.

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    10Praying alwayes in my prayers, that by some meane at the last, one tyme or other, I myght take a prosperous iourney by the wyll of God, to come vnto you.

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    24Wherfore shewe ye vnto them ye profe of your loue, & of our reioycyng of you in the syght of the Churches.

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    26That your reioysyng may be ye more aboundaunt in Iesus Christe for me, by my commyng to you agayne.

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    11Let hym that is such, thynke on this wise: that as we are in worde by letters, when we are absent, such are we in deede when we are present.

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  • 2 Cor 8:8-9
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    8This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue.

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    7So that ye were an ensample to all that beleue in Macedonia and Achaia.

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    10Yea and that thyng veryly ye do vnto all ye brethren which are in al Macedonia: But we beseche you brethren, that ye encrease more and more:

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    5Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.

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    13Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce:

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    9Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me.

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    7So that ye are destitute of no gyft, wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christe,