2 Corinthians 11:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

I was chargeable to no man:— Beza would render it, I was not idle at another man's expence. The word ναρκη, (whence the original κατεναρκησα,) implies a benumbed inactive state, to which no man seems to have been less obnoxious than St. Paul.

2 Corinthians 11:9

9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.