2Corinthians:11:16-33

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* Moreover , I say , let no one think me a fool ; but , if otherwise , at least , as a fool , bear with me , that I also may boast a little . * What I speak in this confident boasting , I do not speak according to the Lord ; but as in foolishness . * Seeing many boast according to the flesh , I also will boast . * For , being wise , you bear with fools cheerfully . * For if one enslave you , you bear it ; if one devour you , if one take your goods , if one exalt himself , if one strike you on the face - * I speak of reproach , as , that we are weak . But , in whatever any one is bold , (I speak foolishly ,) I am bold also . * Are they Hebrews ? so am I . Are they Israelites ? so am I . Are they the seed of Abraham ? so am I . * Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool ,) I am above them : in labors more abundant , in stripes above measure , in prisons more frequently , in deaths often ; * of the Jews , five times I received forty stripes , save one : * thrice I was beaten with rods , once I was stone , thrice I was ship-wrecked : I have spent a night and a day in the deep . * In journeys often , in dangers from rivers , in dangers from robbers , in dangers from my countrymen , in dangers from the heathens , in dangers in the city , in dangers in the wilderness , in dangers at sea , in dangers among false brethren . * In labor and toil ; in watching often ; in hunger and thirst ; in fastings often ; in cold and nakedness . * Besides these troubles from without , that which is my daily pressure , the anxious care of all the congregations . * Who is weak , and I am not weak ? Who is made to stumble , and I do not burn ? * If I must boast , I will boast of the things which relate to my weakness . * The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , who is blessed for ever , knows that I do not lie . * In Damascus , the governor under King Aretas , intending to apprehend me , guarded the city of the Damascenes ; * but I was let down in a basket , through a window in the wall , and escaped his hands .

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