26. I have gone on many travels. And I have been in danger from rivers, from thieves, from my own people, the Jews, and from those who are not Jews. I have been in danger in cities, in places where no one lives, and on the sea. And I have been in danger with false brothers.
27. I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. Many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.
28. Besides all this, there is on me every day the load of my concern for all the churches.
29. I feel weak every time someone is weak. I feel upset every time someone is led into sin.
30. If I must brag, I will brag about the things that show I am weak.
31. God knows that I am not lying. He is the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he is to be praised forever.
32. When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas wanted to arrest me. So he put guards around the city.
33. But my friends put me in a basket. Then they put the basket through a hole in the wall and lowered me down. So I escaped from the governor.