²¹To my shame, I must say, zwe were too weak for that!

But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that. ²²Are they Hebrews? aSo am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. ²³Are they bservants of Christ? cI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, dfar more imprisonments, ewith countless beatings, and foften near death. ²⁴Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the gforty lashes less one. ²⁵Three times I was hbeaten with rods. iOnce I was stoned. Three times I jwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; ²⁶on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, kdanger from my own people, ldanger from Gentiles, mdanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; ²⁷nin toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, oin hunger and thirst, often without food,2 in cold and exposure. ²⁸And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for pall the churches. ²⁹qWho is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

³⁰rIf I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. ³¹sThe God and Father of the Lord Jesus, the who is blessed forever, uknows that I am not lying. ³²At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas vwas guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me, ³³wbut I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

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