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2 Corinthians 11:8

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I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.

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2 Corinthians 11:8 in other translations

I robbed other churches, taking wages of them that I might minister unto you;

2 Corinthians 11:8 · American Standard Version

2 Corinthians 11:8 in context

  1. 6But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
  2. 7Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?
  3. 8I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
  4. 9When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
  5. 10As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.