2 Corinthians 11:23-33

New American Standard Bible

²³ Are they ^(A)servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if insane—I more so; in ^(B)far more labors, in ^(C)far more imprisonments, ^[a](D)beaten times without number, often in danger of ^(E)death. ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews ^(F)thirty-nine lashes. ²⁵ Three times I was ^(G)beaten with rods, once I was ^(H)stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift at sea. ²⁶ I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my ^(I)countrymen, dangers from the ^(J)Gentiles, dangers in the ^(K)city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among ^(L)false brothers; ²⁷ I have been in ^(M)labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in ^(N)hunger and thirst, often ^(O)without food, in cold and ^[b](P)exposure. ²⁸ Apart from such ^[c]external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for ^(Q)all the churches. ²⁹ Who is ^(R)weak without my being weak? Who is ^[d]led into sin ^[e]without my intense concern?

³⁰ If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my ^(S)weakness. ³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, ^(T)He who is blessed forever, ^(U)knows that I am not lying. ³² In ^(V)Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was ^(W)guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me, ³³ and I was let down in a basket ^(X)through a window ^[f]in the wall, and so escaped his hands.