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"I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!"
— 2 Corinthians 11:8, NET Bible
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.”
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them that I might minister unto you; ”
“I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.”
“I have taken from other churches, receiving wages of them for your ministry.”
“I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;”
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.”
For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”
And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.
Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?
I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!
When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!