2 Corinthians 11:16-33 - Paul Boasts In His Sufferings
16 I say again, let not any man think me to be foolish, but if otherwise--even if as foolish--accept me, so that I also may boast some a little. 17 What I speak, I speak not according to Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of the boast. 18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. 19 For being wise, ye gladly tolerate the foolish. 20 For ye tolerate it if some man enslaves you, if some man devours you, if some man seizes you, if some man lifts himself up, if some man strikes you on the face. 21 I speak as from shame, that we were so weak. Yet in whatever any man may be bold in foolishness, I say I too am bold.
22 Are they Hebrews? I too. Are they Israelites? I too. Are they a seed of Abraham? I too. 23 Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty save one. 25 Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was shipwrecked, I have done a night and a day in the depth, 26 in frequent journeys, in perils of flowing waters, in perils of bandits, in perils from my race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils at sea, in perils among FALSE brothers, 27 in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.
28 Besides the external things, crowding upon me daily is the care of all the congregations. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I am not made fiery? 30 If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of the things of my weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed into the ages, knows that I do not lie. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes wanting to apprehend me. 33 And I was lowered in a hamper through a window through the wall, and escaped his hands.