2 Corinthians 11:8

I robbed other churches, taking wages to do you service: and when I was present with you, and wanted, I was not a burden to any one;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

In Context

7Have I committed a sin, in making myself lowly, that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel to you without cost?

9for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied my wants; and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and will continue to keep myself.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:9for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied my wants; and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and will continue to keep myself.

Philippians 4:18But I have all, and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus your gifts, a sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:6-16

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that… Read the whole commentary →

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