2 Corinthians 11:8

Robbed. Or, “despoiled.” Compared with the poorer churches of Macedonia, that of Corinth was relatively well to do (see on ch. 8:1). This verse is a sharp rebuke to the latter.

Wages. Greek opsonion, “[a soldier’s] pay,” or “allowance,” often rations rather than money (see on Luke 3:14; cf. Rom. 6:23; 1 Cor. 9:7). Paul does not mean that he took anything from the church at Philippi in a dishonest manner. The gifts he had received were given voluntarily, and represented a real sacrifice on the part of the givers. These gifts had made it possible for him to devote more of his time while at Corinth to establishing the church in that metropolis. Thus the Corinthians had been benefited, as it were, at the expense of the Macedonians; the preaching of the gospel had cost the Corinthians nothing because Paul was being supported by others (see 2 Cor. 11:9).