²¹ To my ^(A)shame I must say that we have been ^(B)weak by comparison.

But in whatever respect anyone else ^(C)is daring—I ^(D)speak in foolishness—I am just as daring myself. ²² Are they ^(E)Hebrews? ^(F)So am I. Are they ^(G)Israelites? ^(H)So am I. Are they Abraham’s ^(I)seed? ^(J)So am I. ²³ Are they ^(K)ministers of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in ^[a](L)far more labors, in ^[b](M)far more imprisonments, in ^(N)beatings without number, in frequent ^(O)danger of death. ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews ^(P)forty lashes less one. ²⁵ Three times I was ^(Q)beaten with rods, once I was ^(R)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 ^(S)countrymen, dangers from the ^(T)Gentiles, dangers in the ^(U)city, dangers in the desolate places, dangers on the sea, dangers among ^(V)false brothers. ²⁷ I have been in ^(W)labor and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in ^(X)starvation and thirst, often ^(Y)hungry, in cold and ^[c](Z)without enough clothing. ²⁸ Apart from such ^[d]external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for ^(AA)all the churches. ²⁹ Who is ^(AB)weak without my being weak? Who is made to stumble ^[e]without my burning concern?