2 Corinthians 11:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice.

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  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.
  • Phil 4:14-16 : 14 Notwithstanding yee haue well done, that yee did communicate to mine affliction. 15 And yee Philippians knowe also that in the beginning of the Gospell, when I departed from Macedonia, no Church communicated with me, concerning the matter of giuing and receiuing, but yee onely. 16 For euen when I was in Thessalonica, yee sent once, and afterward againe for my necessitie,
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 Now I haue receiued all, and haue plentie: I was euen filled, after that I had receiued of Epaphroditus that which came from you, an odour that smelleth sweete, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasant to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.

    10The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shall not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely?

  • 2 Cor 12:13-17
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    13For what is it, wherein yee were inferiours vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slouthfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.

    14Behold, the thirde time I am ready to come vnto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.

    15And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.

    16But bee it that I charged you not: yet for as much as I was craftie, I tooke you with guile.

    17Did I pill you by any of them whom I sent vnto you?

  • 1 Cor 9:17-19
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    17For if I do it willingly, I haue a reward, but if I do it against my will, notwithstanding the dispensation is committed vnto me.

    18What is my reward then? verely that when I preach the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christ free, that I abuse not mine authoritie in ye Gospel.

    19For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe.

  • 2 Cor 8:13-14
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    13Neither is it that other men should be eased and you grieued: But vpon like condition, at this time your abundance supplieth their lacke:

    14That also their aboundance may bee for your lacke, that there may be equalitie:

  • Acts 20:33-34
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    33I haue coueted no mans siluer, nor gold, nor apparell.

    34Yea, ye knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-4
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    3For to their power (I beare record) yea, and beyonde their power, they were willing,

    4And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints.

  • 2 Thess 3:8
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    8Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.

  • Mal 3:8
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    8Will a man spoyle his gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tithes, and offerings.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-5
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    4Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

    5Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-20
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    19(And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde)

    20Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs,

  • Phil 4:15-17
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    15And yee Philippians knowe also that in the beginning of the Gospell, when I departed from Macedonia, no Church communicated with me, concerning the matter of giuing and receiuing, but yee onely.

    16For euen when I was in Thessalonica, yee sent once, and afterward againe for my necessitie,

    17Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.

  • Phlm 1:18-19
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    18If he hath hurt thee, or oweth thee ought, that put on mine accounts.

    19I Paul haue written this with mine owne hande: I will recompense it, albeit I doe not say to thee, that thou owest moreouer vnto me euen thine owne selfe.

  • 2 Cor 8:8-9
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    8This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.

    9For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.

  • 2 Cor 8:1
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    1We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia,

  • 2 Cor 11:28
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    28Beside the thinges which are outwarde, I am combred dayly, and haue the care of all the Churches.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

  • Rom 15:16
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    16That I should be the minister of Iesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, & that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,

  • 2 Cor 9:12-13
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    12For the ministration of this seruice not onely supplieth the necessities of the Saintes, but also aboundantly causeth many to giue thankes to God,

    13(Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men)

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • 1 Cor 9:14-15
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    14So also hath the Lorde ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.

    15But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vaine.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not meete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30Because that for the woorke of Christ he was neere vnto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfill that seruice which was lacking on your part towarde me.

  • 1 Cor 16:1
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    1Concerning the gathering for the Saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galatia, so doe ye also.

  • Col 1:25
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    25Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,