2 Corinthians 11:7-9 But perhaps I did wrong in taking a humble place that you might have a high one — I mean, in preaching the gospel of God to you for nothing!

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ But perhaps I did wrong in taking a humble place that you might have a high one — I mean, in preaching the gospel of God to you for nothing! ⁸ I made a levy on other churches, I took pay from them so as to minister to you; ⁹ even when I ran short, during my stay with you, I was no encumbrance to anybody, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my wants. Thus I kept myself, as I intend to keep myself, from being a burden to you in any way.