26. I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers because of false brothers,
27. with toil and hardship, often in sleepless nights, with hunger and thirst, often going hungry, in cold and poorly clothed.
28. Apart from these external things, there is the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.
29. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
30. If it is necessary to boast, I will boast about the things related to my weakness.
31. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
32. In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to take me into custody,
33. and I was lowered through a window through the wall in a rope-basket, and I escaped his hands.