I robbed (
esulhsa). Old verb to despoil, strip arms from a slain foe, only here in N.T. He allowed other churches to do more than their share.
Taking wages (
labwn opswnion). For
opswnion see on "1Co 9:7"
;
see also "Ro 6:17"
. He got his "rations" from other churches, not from Corinth while there.