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16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; but if you do, receive me as a fool, that I too may boast a little.
17 That which I am speaking, I do not speak with the Lord's authority, but, as it were, foolishly, in boastful confidence.
18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also.
19 For you endure fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are so wise.
20 For you bear it if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes advantage of you, if a man exalts himself, if a man strikes you on the face.
21 To my shame, I must say, we were too weak to do that. Yet in whatever else anyone dares to boast, (I speak foolishly,) I also dare to boast.
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 speak as a fool) I am more so; in labours more abundant, in beatings beyond number, in prison more frequently, in danger of death often.
24 From the Jews I five times received forty lashes less one.
25 Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have spent in the deep;
26 On frequent journeys, in perils from rivers, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 In toil and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and nakedness.
28 Beside those things that are external, there is upon me the daily pressure of concern for all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to fall, and I do not burn inwardly?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of things which show my weakness.