2 Corinthians 11:8

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I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
  • Phil 4:14-16 : 14 Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble. 15 And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone. 16 For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent– a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

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  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • 2 Cor 12:13-17
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    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

    14Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

    15Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

    16But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

    17I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?

  • 1 Cor 9:17-19
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    17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

    18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

    19For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

  • 2 Cor 8:13-14
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    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

    14At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

  • Acts 20:33-34
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    33I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

    34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-4
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    3For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

  • 2 Thess 3:8
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    8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

  • Mal 3:8
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    8Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

  • 2 Cor 9:4-5
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    4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.

    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-20
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    19In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

  • Phil 4:15-17
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    15And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone.

    16For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.

    17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

  • Phlm 1:18-19
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    18Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes to me.

    19I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.

  • 2 Cor 8:8-9
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    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

  • 2 Cor 8:1
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    1Completing the Collection for the Saints Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

  • 2 Cor 11:28
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    28Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

  • Rom 15:16
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    16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

  • 2 Cor 9:12-13
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    12because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

    13Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

  • 1 Cor 9:14-15
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    14In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • Gal 1:10
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    10Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

  • 1 Cor 16:1
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    1A Collection to Aid Jewish Christians With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:

  • Col 1:25
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    25I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God– given to me for you– in order to complete the word of God,