Verse 4

lest paraveture yf they of Macedonia come with me and fynde you vnprepared the boost that I made in this matter shuld be a shame to vs: I saye not vnto you.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 15:26 : 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certayne distribucio vpo the poore saynctes which are at Ierusalem.
• 2 Cor 8:1-5 : 1 I do you to wit brethren of the grace of god which is geven in the congregacions of Macedonia 2 how that the aboundaunce of their reioysing is that they are tried wt moche tribulacio. And therto though they were excedinge poore yet haue they geue excedinge richly and that in singlenesse. 3 For to their powers (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power they were willynge of their owne accorde 4 and prayed vs with great instaunce that we wolde receave their benefite and suffre them to be parttakers with other in ministrynge to the saynctes. 5 And this they did not as we loked for: but gave their awne selves fyrst to the LORde and after vnto vs by the will of God:
• 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Wherfore shewe vnto them the proffe of youre love and of the reioysynge that we have of you that ye congregacions maye se it.
• 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 for I knowe youre redynes of mide wherof I bost my silfe vnto them of Macedonia and saye that Achaia was prepared a yeare a goo and youre ferventnes hath provoked many.
• 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That I speake I speake it not after the wayes of the LORde: but as it were folysshly whill we are now come to bostynge.