2 Corinthians 11:23-25

Contemporary English Version

^23 (A) Are they servants of Christ? I am a fool to talk this way, but I serve him better than they do. I have worked harder and have been put in jail more times. I have been beaten with whips more and have been in danger of death more often.

^24 (B) Five times my own people gave me 39 lashes with a whip. ^25 (C) Three times the Romans beat me with a big stick, and once my enemies stoned me. I have been shipwrecked three times, and I even had to spend a night and a day in the sea.