24. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
25. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,
26. I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.
27. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
28. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29. Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
30. If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.
32. In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.
33. But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.