2Corinthians:11:16-33
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I say again ,
let no one think me foolish .
But ,
even if so ,
receive me as foolish ,
that I too may boast a little .
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What I am saying I am not saying by the Lord '
s command ,
but as it were in foolishness ,
in this confident boasting .
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Since many are boasting according to the flesh ,
I too will boast ,
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for you who are wise bear pleasantly with the foolish .
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You bear it if any one enslaves you ,
if any one devours you ,
if any one takes possession of you ,
if any one exalts himself ,
if any one strikes you in the face .
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I say it with shame as if we had been weak .
But in whatever any one is bold (
note :)
I say it foolishly (:
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I too am bold .
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Are they Hebrews ?
So am I .
Are they Israelites ?
So am I .
Are they descended from Abraham ?
So am I .
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Are they servants of Christ ? (
note :)
I speak as if I were out of my mind (:
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I superlatively \'
97 in labors beyond measure ,
in prisons beyond measure ,
in floggings excessively ,
in deaths often .
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From Jews five times I received forty stripes less one ,
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three times I was beaten with rods ,
once I was stoned ,
three times I was ship-wrecked ,
a night and day I have been in the deep ;
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in journeys often ,
in perils of rivers ,
in perils of robbers ,
in perils from my own race ,
in perils from Gentiles ,
in perils in the city ,
in perils in the open country ,
in perils on the sea ,
in perils among false brethren ;
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in toil and labor ,
in many a sleepless night ,
in hunger and thirst ,
in fastings often ,
in cold and nakedness .
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Aside ,
from other things there is that which weighs on me daily ,
anxiety for all the churches .
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Who is weak and I am not weak ?
Who stumbles and I am not burning ?
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If there must be boasting ,
I will boast of the things that show my weakness .
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The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows ,
he who is blessed forever ,
that I am not lying .
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In Damascus the Governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes to arrest me ,
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and through a window I was lowered in a basket and escaped from his hands .
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