2Cor 11:8 | RWP | e4.org | 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 their share. Taking wages ( λαβων οψωνιον ). For οψωνιον see on ; . He got his "rations" from other churches, not from Corinth while there.

‏ 2 Corinthians 11:8

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 their share.

Taking wages ( λαβων οψωνιον ). For οψωνιον see on 1Co 9:7; Ro 6:17. He got his "rations" from other churches, not from Corinth while there.