2Corinthians:11:16-33
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I repeat ,
let no one think me foolish ;
but even if you do ,
receive me as a fool ,
so that I too may boast a little .
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What I am saying I am not saying as the Lord would ,
but as a fool ,
in this confidence of boasting .
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Since many boast according to the flesh ,
I too will boast .
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For you put up with fools gladly ,
being so wise yourselves !
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For you put up with anyone if he makes slaves of you ,
or preys upon you ,
or takes advantage of you ,
or exalts himself ,
or strikes you in the face .
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To my shame ,
I must say that we were too weak for that !
But whatever anyone else dares to boast about
I am speaking as a fool
I also dare to boast about .
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Are they Hebrews ?
So am I .
Are they Israelites ?
So am I .
Are they descendants of Abraham ?
So am I .
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Are they servants of Christ ?
I am a better one
I am talking like a madman
in far more labors ,
in far more imprisonments ,
with more beatings ,
and often in danger of death .
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Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes 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 spent in the open sea .
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I have been on frequent journeys ,
in danger from rivers ,
in danger from robbers ,
in danger from my own countrymen ,
in danger from Gentiles ,
in danger in the city ,
in danger in the wilderness ,
in danger at sea ,
and in danger from false brethren ;
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I have been in labor and hardship ,
through many sleepless nights ,
in hunger and thirst ,
often without food ,
in cold and exposure .
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Besides such external things ,
there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches .
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Who is weak ,
and I am not weak ?
Who is made to fall ,
and I do not inwardly burn ?
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If I must boast ,
I will boast of the things that show my weakness .
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The God and Father of the Lord Jesus ,
he who is blessed forever ,
knows that I am not lying .
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In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me ,
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but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall ,
and escaped his hands .
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