2 Corinthians 11:8

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

I [virtually] robbed other churches by accepting [financial] support from them in order to serve you.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:12

we work hard with our hands. [Though] we are cursed, we [ask God’s] blessing [on people]; [though] we are persecuted, we persevere;

1 Corinthians 9:6

Or, are Barnabas and I the only ones who must have a [secular] job for our living?

2 Corinthians 11:9

And when I was there with you and in need, I was not a [financial] burden to anyone, for when the brothers came from Macedonia they provided me with what I lacked, so I kept myself from being a burden to you in every way and will continue to do so.

Philippians 4:18

But I have everything [I need], and in abundance; I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts that you sent, [which are like] a fragrant-smelling sacrifice, acceptable and very pleasing to God.