2 Corinthians 11:22-33

22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the descendants of Abraham? So am I.

23Are they servants of Messiah? I am more so—I speak like I’m out of my mind—in labors much more, in prisons much more, in beatings more brutal, near death often.

24Five times from the Jewish leaders I received forty lashes minus one.

25Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent in the open sea.

26In my many journeys I have been in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the desert, dangers in the sea, dangers among false brothers,

27in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

28Besides these other things, there is daily pressure on me of concern for all of Messiah’s communities.

29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

30If I must boast, I will boast of my weakness.

31The God and Father of the Lord Yeshua, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

33and I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.