2 Corinthians 11:16–33

¹⁶I ^xsay again, ^yLet no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool ^||zreceive me, that I may boast myself a little. ¹⁷That which I speak, ^aI speak it not after the Lord, but as it were ⁿfoolishly, ^bin this confidence of boasting. ¹⁸Seeing that many glory ^cafter the flesh, ^dI will glory also. ¹⁹For ^eye suffer fools gladly, ^fseeing ye yourselves are wise. ²⁰For ^eye suffer, if a man ^gbring you into bondage, ^hif a man devour you, if a man ⁱtake of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man ^ksmite you on the face. ²¹I speak as concerning ^lreproach, ^mas though we had been weak. Howbeit ^dwhereinsoever any is bold, (I speak ⁿfoolishly,) I am bold also. ²²Are they ^oHebrews? so am I. Are they ^pIsraelites? so am I. Are they ^qthe seed of Abraham? so am I. ²³Are 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. ^24xOf the Jews five times received I ^yforty stripes save one. ²⁵Thrice was I ^zbeaten with rods, ^aonce was I stoned, thrice I ^bsuffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; ²⁶In 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; ²⁷ⁱIn ^jweariness and ^jpainfulness, ⁱin watchings often, ^klin hunger and ^kthirst, ⁱin ^mfastings often, in cold and ^knakedness. ²⁸Beside those things that are without, ⁿthat which cometh upon me daily, ^othe care of ^pall the churches. ^29qWho is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? ³⁰If I must needs glory, ^rI will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. ^31sThe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^twhich is blessed for evermore, ^uknoweth that I lie not. ^32vIn Damascus ^wthe governor under ^xAretas the king ^ykept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: ³³And ^zthrough ^aa window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.