2 CORINTHIANS 11:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.”
And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from being a burden to you in any way — the *Macedonians* (*again*!) provided Paul's *hysterēma*, lack. His *self-sufficiency* in voluntary poverty stands in *stark contrast* to the super-apostles' *greed*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:9
“And when I was present with you, and was in want, I was not a burden on any man.” For he did not say, 'ye did not give to me,' but, 'I did not take,' for as yet he spares them. But nevertheless even in the subduedness of his language he covertly strikes them again, for the word, “present,” is exceedingly emphatic, and so is “in want.” For that they might not say, 'what matter then, if you had [enough]?' he added, “and was in want.” “I was not a burden” on you. Here again…
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