²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes^(A) minus one. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods,^(B) once I was pelted with stones,^(C) three times I was shipwrecked,^(D) 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,^(E) in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city,^(F) in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.^{(G) 27} I have labored and toiled^(H) and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food;^(I) I have been cold and naked. ²⁸ Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.^{(J) 29} Who is weak, and I do not feel weak?^(K) Who is led into sin,^(L) and I do not inwardly burn?

³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast^(M) of the things that show my weakness.^{(N) 31} The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever,^(O) knows^(P) 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.^{(Q) 33} But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.^(R)