Bishops(i)
21 I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also
22 They are Ebrues, euen so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I
23 They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft
24 Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie [stripes] saue one
25 Thryse was I beaten with roddes, once stoned, thrise I suffred shipwracke, nyght and day haue I ben in ye depth
26 In iourneying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of myne owne nation, in perils among the heathen, in perils in the citie, in perils in the wildernesse, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren
27 In labour & trauayle, in watchinges often, in hunger and thirst, in fastinges often, in colde and nakednesse
28 Besides the thynges which outwardlye come vnto me: my dayly encombraunce [is] the care of all the Churches