2 Corinthians 11:16-23

16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.1 17That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 20For ye bear with it, if a man bringeth you into bondage, if a man devoureth you, if a man taketh from you, if a man exalteth himself, if a man smiteth you on the face. 21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

22Are they Hebrews? so amI. Are they Israelites? so amI. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.