27. labor and hardship,many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.
28. Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my care for all the churches.
29. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
30. If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.
31. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is praised forever, knows I am not lying.
32. In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me,