23 Are they (A)servants of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in [a](B)far more labors, in [b](C)far more imprisonments, [c](D)beaten times without number, often in (E)danger of death. 24 Five times I received from the Jews (F)thirty-nine lashes. 25 Three times I was (G)beaten with rods, once I was (H)stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. 26 I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my (I)countrymen, dangers from the (J)Gentiles, dangers in the (K)city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among (L)false brethren; 27 I have been in (M)labor and hardship, [d]through many sleepless nights, in (N)hunger and thirst, often (O)without food, in cold and [e](P)exposure. 28 Apart from such [f]external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for (Q)all the churches.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit more abundant
  2. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit more abundant
  3. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit exceedingly in stripes
  4. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Lit often in wakefulness
  5. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Lit nakedness; i.e. lack of clothing
  6. 2 Corinthians 11:28 Or the things unmentioned

23 Are they servants of Christ?(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,(B) been in prison more frequently,(C) been flogged more severely,(D) and been exposed to death again and again.(E) 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes(F) minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods,(G) once I was pelted with stones,(H) three times I was shipwrecked,(I) 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,(J) in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city,(K) in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.(L) 27 I have labored and toiled(M) and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food;(N) I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.(O)

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