2 Corinthians 9:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 15:26 : 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-5 : 1 Completing the Collection for the Saints Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia, 2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity. 3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, 4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints. 5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 9:1-3
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    1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

    2because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.

    3But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

    16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-21
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    19In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

    21For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

  • 2 Cor 10:14-16
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    14For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.

    15Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,

    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    8For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

    9I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

  • 1 Cor 16:3-5
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    3Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

    4And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.

    5Paul’s Plans to Visit But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia– for I will be going through Macedonia–

  • 2 Cor 12:20
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    20For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

  • 2 Cor 8:1
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    1Completing the Collection for the Saints Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

  • 2 Cor 11:16-17
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    16Paul’s Sufferings for Christ I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

    17What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
    73%

    3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

  • Rom 1:10
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    10and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.

  • Phil 1:26
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    26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 2 Cor 8:8-9
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    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Why Paul Postponed His Visit Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

  • Rom 15:24
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    24when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

  • 1 Thess 1:7-8
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    7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

    8For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

  • 2 Tim 4:9
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    9Travel Plans and Concluding Greetings Make every effort to come to me soon.

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.