2 Corinthians 11:8
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.”
ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
διακονία
service,
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διακονία
attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate)
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συλάω
I robbed
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συλάω
probably akin to G138 (αἱρέομαι); compare G4661 (σκῦλον)); to despoil
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ὀψώνιον
support
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ὀψώνιον
rations for a soldier, i.e. (by extension) his stipend or pay
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λαμβάνω
having received
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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