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)

⁹ But he said to me, “My grace^(A) is sufficient for you, for my power^(B) is made perfect in weakness.^(C)”^(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰ That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight^(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,^(F) in persecutions,^(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.^(H)