2 Corinthians 11:7-9

EJ2000(i) 7 Have I committed an offence in humbling myself that ye might be exalted because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I deprived the other congregations {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 And when I was present with you and had need, I was not a burden to any of you, for that which was lacking to me was supplied by the brethren which came from Macedonia; and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.