labor and hardship,
many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,
often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.

Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.

by beatings, by imprisonments,
by riots, by labors,
by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,

We are not bragging beyond measure about other people’s labors. But we have the hope that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged,