2 Corinthians 11:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.”
2 Corinthians 11:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Corinthians 11:89 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:8
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them that I might minister unto you.” What he says is this; 'I lived in straitness;' for this is the force of “abasing myself.” 'Can you then lay this to my charge? And do you therefore lift up yourselves against me, because I abased myself by begging, by enduring straits, by suffering, by hungering, that you might be exalted?' And how were they exalted by his being in straits? They were more edified and were not offended; which also…
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