2 Corinthians 11:23–33

²³Are they servants of Christ?

I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:

with far more labors,

many more imprisonments,

far worse beatings, near death ^smany times.

²⁴Five times I received 39 lashes from Jews. ^t

²⁵Three times I was beaten with rods by the Romans. ^u

Once I was stoned by my enemies. ^vw

Three times I was shipwrecked. ^x

I have spent a night and a day

in the open sea.

²⁶On frequent journeys, I faced

dangers from rivers,

dangers from robbers, ^y

dangers from my own people, ^z

dangers from the Gentiles,

dangers in the city,

dangers in the open country,

dangers on the sea,

and dangers among false brothers;

²⁷labor and hardship,

many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,

often without food, cold, and lacking clothing. ^a

²⁸Not to mention ^bother things, there is the daily pressure on me: my care for all the churches. ²⁹Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, ^cand I do not burn with indignation? ³⁰If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses. ³¹The God and Father ^dof the Lord Jesus, who is praised forever, knows I am not lying. ³²In Damascus, ^ethe governor under King Aretas ^fguarded the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me, ³³so I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands. ^g