2 Corinthians 11:16-33

16I repeatG3825G3004: Let noG3361 oneG5100 takeG1380 meG1473 forG1510 a foolG878. ButG1161 ifG1487 you do, then receiveG1209 meG1473 asG5613 a foolG878, so thatG2443 I tooG2504 may boastG2744 aG5100 littleG3398. 17InG1722 thisG3778 confidentG5287 boastingG2746 of mine, I am not speakingG3756G2980 asG2596 the Lord wouldG2962, butG235 asG5613 a foolG877. 18SinceG1893 manyG4183 are boastingG2744 according toG2596 theG3588 fleshG4561, I tooG2504 will boastG2744. 19ForG1063 you gladly put up withG430G2234 foolsG878, since you areG1510 so wiseG5429. 20In factG1063, you even put up withG430 anyone whoG5100 enslavesG2615 youG4771 or exploitsG2719 you or takes advantageG2983 of you or exalts himselfG1869 or strikesG1194 youG4771 inG1519 the faceG4383. 21ToG2596 my shameG819 I concedeG3004 thatG3754 weG1473 were too weakG770 for that!

SpeakingG3004 as a foolG1722G877, howeverG1161, I canG2504 match whatG3739 anyone elseG5100G302 daresG5111 to boast about. 22Are theyG1510 HebrewsG1445? So am IG2504. Are theyG1510 IsraelitesG2475? So am IG2504. Are theyG1510 descendantsG4690 of AbrahamG11? So am IG2504. 23Are theyG1510 servantsG1249 of ChristG5547? (I am speakingG2980 as if I were out of my mindG3912.) I amG1473 so much moreG5228: inG1722 harderG4057 laborG2873, inG1722 moreG4057 imprisonmentsG5438, inG1722 worseG5234 beatingsG4127, inG1722 frequentG4178 danger of deathG2288. 24Five timesG3999 I receivedG2983 fromG5259 the JewsG2453 the fortyG5062 lashes minusG3844 oneG1520. 25Three timesG5151 I was beaten with rodsG4463, onceG530 I was stonedG3034, three timesG5151 I was shipwreckedG3489. I spentG4160 a night and a dayG3574 inG1722 theG3588 openG1037 sea.

26In my frequent journeysG3597G4178, I have been in dangerG2794 from riversG4215 and from banditsG3027, in dangerG2794 fromG1537 my countrymenG1085 and fromG1537 the GentilesG1484, in dangerG2794 inG1722 the cityG4172 and inG1722 the countryG2047, in dangerG2794 onG1722 the seaG2281 and amongG1722 false brothersG5569, 27in laborG2873 andG2532 toilG3449 and oftenG4178 without sleepG1722G70, inG1722 hungerG3042 andG2532 thirstG1373 and oftenG4178 without foodG1722G3521, inG1722 coldG5592 andG2532 exposureG1132.

28Apart fromG5565 these externalG3924 trials, IG1473 face dailyG2596G3588G2250 theG3588 pressureG1999 of my concernG3308 for allG3956 theG3588 churchesG1577. 29WhoG5101 is weakG770, andG2532 I am not weakG3756G770? WhoG5101 is led into sinG4624, andG2532 IG1473 do notG3756 burn with griefG4448?

30IfG1487 I mustG1163 boastG2744, I will boastG2744 of the thingsG3588 that show myG1473 weaknessG769. 31TheG3588 GodG2316 andG2532 FatherG3962 of theG3588 LordG2962 JesusG2424, whoG3588 isG1510 foreverG1519G3588G165 worthy of praiseG2128,1 knowsG1492 thatG3754 I am not lyingG3756G5574. 32InG1722 DamascusG1154, theG3588 governorG1481 underG3588 KingG935 AretasG702 securedG5432 theG3588 cityG4172 of the DamascenesG1153 in order to arrestG4084 meG1473. 33ButG2532 I was loweredG5465 inG1722 a basketG4553 throughG1223 a windowG2376 inG1223 theG3588 wallG5038 andG2532 escapedG1628 hisG846 graspG5495.