23 Are they servants of Christ? (I know I’ll sound like I’m crazy, talking like this.) But I have done so much more. I’ve worked harder, been imprisoned more often, whipped more times than I can count, faced death time and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent twenty-four hours adrift on the ocean. 26 During my many journeys I have faced the dangers of crossing rivers, robber gangs, attacks from my own countrymen, as well as from foreigners.11:26. Literally, "Gentiles." I have faced danger in cities, in the deserts, and on the sea. I have faced the danger of people who pretend to be Christians. 27 I have faced hard labor and struggles, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often going without food, cold, without enough clothing to keep warm.
28 Besides all this, I face the daily concerns of dealing with all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I don’t feel weak too? Who is led into sin, and I don’t burn up? 30 If I have to boast, I will boast about how weak I am.