29. For where they are weak, I too become weak; and where traps and pitfalls, snares and stumbling-blocks are placed in their way, so unquestionably I myself, Paul, must burn with indignation and shame.
30. Let me boast in that, let me cry myself up on the score of that weakness alone!
31. Before God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore, I do not lie.
32-33. At Damascus they let me down from the city wall in a basket when the Governor was clamouring for my arrest and capture, and so the tale of my adventures continues. I will boast if they boast. It seems that I must say something to my own credit, something to offset their own credentials, and magnify my own office and person as a spiritual leader.