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20 When someone makes you slaves, consumes your wealth, seizes your property, orders you around, or slaps your faces, you put up with it. 21 I’m ashamed to admit it, but Timothy and I don’t have the strength to do those things to you.

Whatever other people dare to brag about, I, like a fool, can also brag about. 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.

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20 In fact, you even put up with(A) anyone who enslaves you(B) or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face. 21 To my shame I admit that we were too weak(C) for that!

Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.(D) 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I.(E) Are they Israelites? So am I.(F) Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.(G)

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