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2 Corinthians 11:8

2 Corinthians 11:8
I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I robbed other churches,.... Meaning the churches of Macedonia; not that what he had of them was by force and rapine, or by plundering of them, and spoiling of their substance, and living upon them…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I robbed other churches - The churches of Macedonia and elsewhere, which had ministered to his needs. Probably he refers especially to the church at Philippi (see Phi 4:15-16), which seems to have…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I robbed other Churches - This part of the sentence is explained by the latter, taking wages to do you service. The word οψωνιον signifies the pay of money and provisions given daily to a Roman…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Corinthians 11:5-15

After the foregoing preface to what he was about to say, the apostle in these verses mentions,

I. His equality with the other apostles - that he was not a whit behind the very chief of the apostles,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I robbed other churches "An hyperbolical expression" (Meyer). And yet in one sense it was true, for the Corinthians were just as much bound to support the Apostle when at Corinth as any other Churches…

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