2 Corinthians 9:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 15:26 : 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certaine distribution vnto the poore Saints which are at Hierusalem.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-5 : 1 We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia, 2 Because in great triall of affliction their ioy abounded, and their most extreeme pouertie abounded vnto their rich liberalitie. 3 For to their power (I beare record) yea, and beyonde their power, they were willing, 4 And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints. 5 And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the will of God,
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Wherefore shew toward them, and before the Churches the proofe of your loue, and of the reioycing that we haue of you.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 For I knowe your readinesse of minde, whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia, and say, that Achaia was prepared a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked many.
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

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  • 2 Cor 9:1-3
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    1For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.

    2For I knowe your readinesse of minde, whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia, and say, that Achaia was prepared a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked many.

    3Nowe haue I sent the brethren, lest our reioycing ouer you shoulde bee in vaine in this behalfe, that yee (as I haue sayde) be readie:

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And in this confidence was I minded first to come vnto you, that ye might haue had a double grace,

    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-21
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    19(And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde)

    20Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs,

    21Prouiding for honest thinges, not onely before the Lord, but also before men.

  • 2 Cor 10:14-16
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    14For we stretche not our selues beyonde our measure, as though wee had not attained vnto you: for euen to you also haue we come in preaching the Gospel of Christ,

    15Not boasting of things which are without our measure: that is, of other mens labours: and we hope, when your faith shall increase, to bee magnified by you according to our line aboundantly,

    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    8For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.

    9This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if that I haue boasted any thing to him of you, I haue not bene ashamed: but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth, euen so our boasting vnto Titus was true.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.

    10The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shall not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.

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

  • 1 Cor 16:3-5
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    3And when I am come, whomsoeuer ye shal alowe by letters, them will I send to bring your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.

    4And if it be meete that I goe also, they shall goe with me.

    5Nowe I will come vnto you, after I haue gone through Macedonia (for I will passe through Macedonia.)

  • 2 Cor 12:20
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    20For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.

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    8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • 2 Cor 8:1
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    1We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia,

  • 2 Cor 11:16-17
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    16I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13Now my brethren, I would that ye should not be ignorant, how that I haue oftentimes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) that I might haue some fruite also among you, as I haue among the other Gentiles.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • Rom 1:10
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    10Alwayes in my prayers, beseeching that by some meanes, one time or other I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God, to come vnto you.

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Wherefore shew toward them, and before the Churches the proofe of your loue, and of the reioycing that we haue of you.

  • Phil 1:26
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    26That ye may more aboundantly reioyce in Iesvs Christ for me, by my comming to you againe.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11Let such one thinke this, that such as wee are in woorde by letters, when we are absent, such wil we be also in deede, when we are present.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

  • 2 Cor 8:8-9
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    8This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.

    9For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Nowe, I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you, I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

  • Rom 15:24
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    24When I shal take my iourney into Spaine, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, after that I haue bene somewhat filled with your company.

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    7So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleeue in Macedonia and in Achaia.

    8For from you sounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but your faith also which is toward God, spred abroad in all quarters, that we neede not to speake any thing.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13Neither is it that other men should be eased and you grieued: But vpon like condition, at this time your abundance supplieth their lacke:

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    9Make speede to come vnto me at once:

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7So that ye are not destitute of any gift: wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ.