Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered
shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep;
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers,
in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen,
in perils of the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils
in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger
and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon
me daily, the care of all the churches.
2 Corinthians, 11. 24 |
There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger
of Satan to buffet me.
2 Corinthians, 12. 7 |
My strength is made perfect in weakness.
2 Corinthians, 12. 9 |