^{21 Ref} I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

^{22 Ref} Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

^{23 Ref} Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

^{24 Ref} Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

^{25 Ref} Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

^{26 Ref} In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

^{27 Ref} In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

^{28 Ref} In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.