I robbed other ekklesias, taking wages of them, to do you service. |
I robbed other ekklesias, taking wages from them to minister to you. |
I robbed other ekklesias, taking wages from them to serve you; |
I robbed other ekklesias by receiving support from them so as to serve you. |
Other ekklesias I have robbed by accepting [more than their share of] support for my ministry [from them in order] to serve you. |
I robbed other assemblies, having taken wages from them, accepting from them more than their share of my support in order to minister to you. |
As a matter of fact I was only able to do this by “robbing” other ekklesias, for it was what they paid me that made it possible to minister to you. |
I sponged (Greek, took money without working for it) on other ekklesias by taking pay from them to render service to you, |
I robbed 4813 other 243 ekklesias, 1577 taking 2983 wages 3800 of them, to 4314 do you 5216 service. 1248 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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