“Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.”
For if any of the Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we — not to say anything of you — would be ashamed of having been so confident — the hypothetical shame (*aiskúnē*) would touch all parties: Paul's judgment, the Corinthians' integrity, even the observers. Reputation in Christ's community matters because character witnesses to the gospel.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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