What did Paul wish to avoid?

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If some of the Macedonian believers accompanied him to Corinth, Paul did not want his party to catch the Corinthians unprepared to give to the poor saints. Both Paul and the saints of Corinth would be ashamed after all the boasting Paul had done about them while he was in Macedonia.

It appears that Paul was developing competition between the Gentile believers of Corinth and those of Macedonia so that help might be given to his destitute countrymen (Christian Jews) in Jerusalem.