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2 Corinthians 11:9 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 9
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.2 Corinthians 11:9 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 11:9 in context
7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
8I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
9And 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.
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MacedoniamakedoniaMacedonia = " extended land" , a country bounded on the south by Thessaly and…G3109 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- presentpareimito be by, be at hand, to have arrived, to be present, to be ready, in store, at commandG3918 →
- lackinghysterēmadeficiency, that which is lacking, in reference to property and resources, poverty, want…G5303 →
- wantedhystereōbehind, to come late or too tardily, to be left behind in the race and so fail to reach…G5302 →
- myselfemautouI, me, myself etcG1683 →
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After the foregoing preface to what he was about to say, the apostle in these verses mentions, I. His equality with the other apostles - that he was not a whit behind the very chief of the apostles, Co2 11:5. This he expresses very modestly: I suppose so. He might have spoken very positively.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-15