4 Lest by any means, if the Macedonians should come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.
2 Corinthians 9:4 Cross References - Worrell
Romans 15:26
26 For Macedonia and Achaia were well pleased to make a certain contribution to the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 8:1-5
1 And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God which has been bestowed in the assemblies of Macedonia;
2 that, in much trial of tribulation, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
3 For, according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord;
4 beseeching us with much entreaty as to the grace and the participation in the ministering to the saints;
5 and they did this not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God;
2 Corinthians 8:24
24 Show ye, therefore, toward them, before the assemblies, the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.
2 Corinthians 9:2
2 for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past; and your zeal stirred up the majority of them.
2 Corinthians 11:17
17 What I am speaking I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.