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If there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared (ean elthōsin sun emoi Makedones kai heurōsin humas aparaskeuastous). Condition of third class (undetermined, but stated as a lively possibility) with ean and the second aorist active subjunctive (elthōsin, heurōsin), a bold and daring challenge. Aparaskeuastos is a late and rare verbal adjective from paraskeuazō with a privative, only here in the N.T.
Lest by any means we should be put to shame (mē pōs kataischunthōmen hēmeis). Negative purpose with first aorist passive subjunctive of kataischunō (see note on 2Co 7:14) in the literary plural.
That we say not, ye (hina mē legōmen humeis). A delicate syntactical turn for what he really has in mind. He does wish that they become ashamed of not paying their pledges.
Confidence (hupostasei). This word, common from Aristotle on, comes from huphistēmi, to place under. It always has the notion of substratum or foundation as here; 2Co 11:17; Heb 1:3. The papyri give numerous examples (Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary) of the word for “property” in various aspects. So in Heb 11:1 “faith is the title-deed of things hoped for.” In the lxx it represents fifteen different Hebrew words.