^26 (A)men who have ^(B)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

^19 (A)But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^(B)they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Saul Escapes from Damascus

^23 (A)When many days had passed, the Jews^[a] plotted to kill him, ²⁴ but their ^(B)plot became known to Saul. ^(C)They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, ²⁵ but his disciples took him by night and ^(D)let him down through an opening in the wall,^[b] lowering him in a basket.

²⁹ So ^(A)receive him in the Lord with all joy, and ^(B)honor such men, ³⁰ for he nearly died^{[a] (C)}for the work of Christ, risking his life ^(D)to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

²³ Are they ^(A)servants of Christ? ^(B)I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^(C)far more imprisonments, ^(D)with countless beatings, and ^(E)often near death. ²⁴ Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^(F)forty lashes less one. ²⁵ Three times I was ^(G)beaten with rods. ^(H)Once I was stoned. Three times I ^(I)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; ²⁶ on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^(J)danger from my own people, ^(K)danger from Gentiles, ^(L)danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; ^27 (M)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^(N)in hunger and thirst, often without food,^[a] in cold and exposure.

³⁰ Why are we ^(A)in danger every hour?

^50 (A)But the Jews incited the devout ^(B)women of high standing and the leading men of the city, ^(C)stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ^(D)drove them out of their district.