23 Are they rministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; stin labours more abundant, tuin stripes above measure, tvin prisons more frequent, win deaths oft. 24 xOf the Jews five times received I yforty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I zbeaten with rods, aonce was I stoned, thrice I bsuffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in cperils of waters, in perils of drobbers, in cperils eby mine own countrymen, in perils fby the heathen, in perils gin the city, in perils in ggthe wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among hfalse brethren; 27 iIn jweariness and jpainfulness, iin watchings often, klin hunger and kthirst, iin mfastings often, in cold and knakedness. 28 Beside those things that are without, nthat which cometh upon me daily, othe care of pall the churches. 29 qWho is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 30 If I must needs glory, rI will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31 sThe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, twhich is blessed for evermore, uknoweth that I lie not. 32 vIn Damascus wthe governor under xAretas the king ykept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 33 And zthrough aa window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

12 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. †I will come to avisions and brevelations of the Lord. 2 I knew a man cin Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: dGod knoweth;) esuch an one fcaught up to gthe third heaven. 3 *And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: dGod knoweth;) 4 How that he was fcaught up into hparadise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not ||ilawful for a man to utter. 5 Of such an one will I glory: yet kof myself I will not glory, lbut in mine infirmities. 6 For though I would desire to glory, mI shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now nI forbear, lest any man should othink of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the brevelations, lthere was given to me pa thorn in the flesh, qthe messenger of rSatan to sbuffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord tthrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for umy strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore kwill I rather glory in my infirmities, that vthe power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore lI wtake pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in xznecessities, in ypersecutions, in zdistresses for Christ’s sake: afor when I am weak, then am I strong.