25. three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent 24 hours in the water.
26. In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from fellow-Jews and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.
27. There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.
28. And not to mention other things, every day I am under the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29. When someone is weak, then I feel weak too; when someone is led into sin, I am filled with distress.
30. If I must boast, I will boast about things that show how weak I am.
31. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus — blessed be his name for ever! — knows that I am not lying.
32. When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas placed guards at the city gates to arrest me.
33. But I was let down in a basket through an opening in the wall and escaped from him.