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.



Ver. 9. And wanted] Gr. and was behind hand.



I was chargeable to no man] I was none of those drones that chill the charity of well-disposed people, as the cramp-fish benumbeth those that touch or come near it. ( êáôåíáñêçóá, íáñêç, Torpedo.)