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I say again ,
let no one think me a fool .
If otherwise ,
at least receive me as a fool ,
that I also may boast a little .
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What I speak ,
I speak not according to the Lord ,
but as it were ,
foolishly ,
in this confidence of boasting .
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Seeing that many boast according to the flesh ,
I also will boast .
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For you put up with fools gladly ,
since you yourselves are wise !
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For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage ,
if one devours you ,
if one takes from you ,
if one exalts himself ,
if one strikes you on the face .
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To our shame I say that we were too weak for that !
But in whatever anyone is bold--I speak foolishly--I am bold also .
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Are they Hebrews ?
So am I .
Are they Israelites ?
So am I .
Are they the seed of Abraham ?
So am I .
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Are they ministers of Christ ?--
I speak as a fool--I am more :
in labors more abundant ,
in stripes above measure ,
in prisons more frequently ,
in deaths often .
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From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one .
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Three times I was beaten with rods ;
once I was stoned ;
three times I was shipwrecked ;
a night and a day I have been in the deep ;
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in journeys often ,
in perils of waters ,
in perils of robbers ,
in perils of my own countrymen ,
in perils of the Gentiles ,
in perils in the city ,
in perils in the wilderness ,
in perils in the sea ,
in perils among false brethren ;
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in weariness and toil ,
in sleeplessness often ,
in hunger and thirst ,
in fastings often ,
in cold and nakedness --
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besides the other things ,
what comes upon me daily :
my deep concern for all the churches .
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Who is weak ,
and I am not weak ?
Who is made to stumble ,
and I do not burn with indignation ?
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If I must boast ,
I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity .
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
who is blessed forever ,
knows that I am not lying .
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In Damascus the governor ,
under Aretas the king ,
was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison ,
desiring to arrest me ;
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but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall ,
and escaped from his hands .