2Corinthians:11:16-33
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I will say it again :
No one should think that I am a fool .
But if you do ,
then treat me like a fool so that I can also boast a little .
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When I talk as a confident boaster ,
I am not talking with the Lord '
s authority but like a fool .
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Since many people boast in a fleshly way ,
I will do it ,
too .
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You are wise ,
so you will gladly put up with fools .
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You put up with anyone who makes you his slaves ,
devours what you have ,
takes what is yours ,
orders you around ,
or slaps your face !
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I am ashamed to admit it ,
but we have been too weak for that .
Whatever anyone else dares to claim —
I am talking like a fool —
I can claim it ,
too .
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Are they Hebrews ?
So am I .
Are they Israelites ?
So am I .
Are they Abraham '
s descendants ?
So am I .
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Are they Christ '
s servants ?
I am insane to talk like this ,
but I am a far better one !
I have been involved in far greater efforts ,
far more imprisonments ,
countless beatings ,
and have faced death more than once .
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Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes minus one .
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Three times I was beaten with a stick ,
once I was pelted with stones ,
three times I was shipwrecked ,
and I drifted on the sea for a day and a night .
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I have been involved in frequent journeys ,
in dangers from rivers ,
dangers from robbers ,
dangers from my own people ,
dangers from the Gentiles ,
dangers in the city ,
dangers in the open country ,
dangers at sea ,
dangers from false brothers ,
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in toil and hardship ,
through many a sleepless night ,
through hunger and thirst ,
through many periods of fasting ,
through coldness and nakedness .
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Besides everything else ,
I have a daily burden because of my anxiety about all the churches .
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Who is weak without me being weak ,
too ?
Who is caused to stumble without me becoming indignant ?
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If I must boast ,
I will boast about the things that show how weak I am .
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The God and Father of the Lord Jesus ,
who is blessed forever ,
knows that I am not lying .
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In Damascus ,
the governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me ,
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but I was let down in a basket through an opening in the wall and escaped from his hands .
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