23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as a fool) I am [a]more: in labors more abundant: in stripes above measure: in prison more plenteously: in [b]death oft.

24 Of the Jews [c]five times received I forty stripes save one.

25 I was [d]thrice (A)beaten with rods: I was (B)once stoned: I suffered thrice (C)shipwreck: night and day have I been in the deep sea.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Paul being honorable indeed, defendeth his ministry openly, not for his own sake, but because he saw his doctrine come into hazard.
  2. 2 Corinthians 11:23 In danger of present death.
  3. 2 Corinthians 11:24 He alludeth to that that is written, Deut. 25:3, and moreover this place showeth us, that Paul suffered many things which Luke passed over.
  4. 2 Corinthians 11:25 Of the Roman Magistrates.

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