2 Corinthians 11:23–33

²³Are they ^bservants of Christ? ^cI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^dfar more imprisonments, ^ewith countless beatings, and ^foften near death. ²⁴Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^gforty lashes less one. ²⁵Three times I was ^hbeaten with rods. ⁱOnce I was stoned. Three times I ^jwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; ²⁶on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^kdanger from my own people, ^ldanger from Gentiles, ^mdanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; ²⁷ⁿin toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^oin hunger and thirst, often without food,² in cold and exposure. ²⁸And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for ^pall the churches. ^29qWho is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

^30rIf I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. ^31sThe God and Father of the Lord Jesus, ^the who is blessed forever, ^uknows that I am not lying. ³²At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas ^vwas guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me, ^33wbut I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.