17. What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18. Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
19. For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise!
20. For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.