Gēlínduōhòushū 9:4

4 Wàn yī yǒu Mǎqídùn rén yǔ wǒ tóng qù , jiàn nǐmen méiyǒu yùbeì , jiù jiào wǒmen suǒ què xìn de , fǎn chéng le xiūkuì . nǐmen xiūkuì , gèng búyòng shuō le .

Gēlínduōhòushū 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 9:4

Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me
The apostle had determined to come himself, though he was afterwards prevented by Providence, but could not be certain of the coming of the Macedonian brethren with him; however, as it was probable that some of them would come, whose hearts were so much in this work, therefore he judged it fit and proper to send the brethren before hand, in case they should come:

and find you unprepared;
not so ready for this service as had been boasted of, and the collection not finished, which had been begun a year ago.

We (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident
boasting;
or "in this same substance", or "subsistence of boasting": a boasting, which, he thought, they had the most solid and substantial ground and foundation to proceed upon; which, should it come to nothing, must cause shame both in the apostles, who had so largely, and with so much assurance, boasted of them; and in the Corinthians, who must be put to the blush, when it should be told them how much they had been boasted of with respect to their readiness, and yet were unprepared: so (tlxwt) , "hope", expectation, confidence, is rendered by the Septuagint (kauchma) , "boasting", ( Proverbs 11:7 ) and in ( Psalms 39:5 ) (upostasiv) , the word here used. And some copies, and also the Vulgate Latin version, only read, "in this substance", or glorying, and leave out boasting as superfluous.

Gēlínduōhòushū 9:4 In-Context

2 Yīnwei wǒ zhīdào nǐmen lèyì de xīn , cháng duì Mǎqídùn rén kuājiǎng nǐmen , shuō yà gāi yà rén yùbeì hǎo le , yǐjing yǒu yī nián le . bìngqiĕ nǐmen de rèxīn jīdòng le xǔduō rén .

3 Dàn wǒ dǎfa nà jǐ wèi dìxiōng qù , yào jiào nǐmen zhào wǒde huà yùbeì tuǒdàng . miǎndé wǒmen zaì zhè shì shang kuājiǎng nǐmen de huà luò le kōng .

4 Wàn yī yǒu Mǎqídùn rén yǔ wǒ tóng qù , jiàn nǐmen méiyǒu yùbeì , jiù jiào wǒmen suǒ què xìn de , fǎn chéng le xiūkuì . nǐmen xiūkuì , gèng búyòng shuō le .

5 Yīncǐ wǒ xiǎng bùdé bù qiú nà jǐ wèi dìxiōng , xiān dào nǐmen nàli qù , bǎ cóng qián suǒ yīngxǔ de juān zī , yùbeì tuǒdàng , jiù xiǎn chū nǐmen suǒ juān de , shì chūyú lèyì , bu shì chūyú miǎnqiǎng .

6 Shǎo zhòng de shǎo shōu , duō zhòng de duō shōu . zhè huà shì zhēn de .