2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I came among you and was needy, I was burdensome to none of you; for the brethren who came from Macedonia, supplied my wants: and in all things I kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
8And I robbed other churches, and I took pay of them for ministering to you.
Cross References
Acts 18:3and, because he was of a their trade, he took lodgings with them, and worked with them; for by their trade they were tent-makers.
2 Corinthians 6:4But we, in all things, would show ourselves to be the ministers of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessity, in distresses,
2 Corinthians 9:12For the performance of this ministration, not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is also rich in many thanksgivings to God.
Philippians 2:25But now, a circumstance urged me to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother who is an assistant and laborer with me, but is your legate and minister to my wants.
1 Thessalonians 2:6Neither have we sought glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have been chargeable as legates of the Messiah.
2 Thessalonians 3:8Neither did we eat bread gratuitously from any of you; but, with toil and weariness, we labored by night and by day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you.
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 →