I robbed (εσυλησα). Old verb to despoil, strip arms from a slain foe, only here in N.T. He allowed other churches to do more than …

I robbed other churches. The churches of Macedonia and elsewhere had provided for his needs. He probably refers especially to the church a…

I robbed other churches, taking wages of them.—The word for wages—strictly rations, or wages in kind, rather tha…

Itinerant teachers of the Hellenistic age commonly gained their financial support by charging a fee for their instruction. Traveling teachers who w…

I robbed other churches. In my opinion, he has intentionally used an offensive term so that he might more forcibly express the unreasonabl…

I robbed other churches
Meaning the churches of Macedonia; not that what he had of them was by force and rapine, or by plunder…

It is far better to be plain in speech, yet walking openly and consistently with the gospel, than to be admired by thousands, and be lifted up in p…

Having described the zeal he had for the Corinthians and proved it reasonable, the Apostle now rejects their excuse. In this regard, he does two th…