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16 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.
17 What I am saying I am not saying as the Lord would, but as a fool, in this confidence of boasting.
18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.
19 For you put up with fools gladly, being so wise yourselves!
20 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.
21 To my shame, I must say that we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast aboutI am speaking as a foolI also dare to boast about.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 Are they servants of Christ? I am a better oneI am talking like a madmanin far more labors, in far more imprisonments, with more beatings, and often in danger of death.
24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
25 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.
26 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;
27 I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
28 Besides such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I do not inwardly burn?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.