2 Corinthians 9:4-5

9:4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated ¹  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ²  9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution ³  you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift ⁴  and not as something you feel forced to do. ⁵ 

[9:4]  ¹ tn Or “be disgraced”; Grk “be put to shame.”

[9:4]  ² tn Grk “by this confidence”; the words “we had in you” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied as a necessary clarification for the English reader.

[9:5]  ³ tn Grk “the blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “a blessing.”

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.