2 Corinthians 9:4

λέγωμεν (אBC2LP, f Vulg. Syrr. Copt.) rather than λέγω CDFG, d e). After ὑποστάσει ταύτῃ א3D3KLP, Syrr. Arm., followed by the Rec. and A.V., add τῆς καυχήσεως, which is doubtless a gloss from 2 Corinthians 11:17. אBCDFG, Latt. omit.

4. ἐὰν ἔλθωσιν σὺν ἑμοὶ Μακεδόνες. If any Macedonians come with me. This seems to imply that neither of the brethren who were to accompany Titus was a Macedonian. If Luke was one of these, this verse is against his being of Philippi.

ἀπαρασκευάστους. Here only in Biblical Greek and rare in classical, where MSS. sometimes vary between it and the more common form ἀπαράσκευος.

καταισχυνθῶμεν ἡμεῖς. We should be put to shame (2 Corinthians 7:14; Romans 10:11) in this confidence. See critical note. The word ὑπόστασις has a long and important history, only one or two points of which can be noted here. In classical Greek it is ‘ground’ or ‘foundation’; then ‘ground of hope’ or ‘ground of confidence’; and finally ‘hope’ or ‘confidence.’ In the LXX. it occurs 20 times and represents 15 different Hebrew words; but in some cases the Hebrew text is uncertain. Comp. ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου παρὰ σοῦ ἐστιν, ‘my ground of hope is from Thee’ (Psalms 38:8); also Ruth 1:12; Ezekiel 19:5, where Theodotion has ἐλπίς. See Hatch, Essays in Biblical Greek, p. 88, and Westcott on Hebrews 3:14. The ‘confidence’ in this case is that of the Apostle in the Corinthian Christians. Comp. 2 Corinthians 11:17.