26. I have traveled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not.
27. I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.
28. Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches.
29. Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?
30. If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am.
31. God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, who is worthy of eternal praise, knows I am not lying.
32. When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the city gates to catch me.