2nd Corinthians Chapter 11 verse 8 Holy Bible
I robbed other churches, taking wages `of them' that I might minister unto you;
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I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;
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I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.
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I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
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I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
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other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - I robbed; literally, I ravaged, or plundered. The intensity of St. Paul's feelings, smarting under base calumny and ingratitude, reveals itself by the passionate expression which he here uses. Other Churches. The only Church of which we know as contributing to St. Paul's needs is that at Philippi (Philippians 4:15, 16). Taking wages. The expression is again impassioned. It is meant rather ironically than literally. Literally it means rations (1 Corinthians 9:7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) I robbed other churches, taking wages of them.--The word for wages--strictly rations, or wages in kind, rather than in money--is found in Luke 3:14; Romans 6:23; 1Corinthians 9:7. Its use in the last-named passage had, perhaps, given occasion for a sneer. "He too can take wages when it suits his purpose." From St. Paul's point of view, if what he had received had been wages at all, he had been guilty of an act of spoliation. He had received wages from one employer while he was acting in the service of another.
