Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.