18since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast:
19for gladly do ye bear with the fools -- being wise,
20for ye bear, if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself, if any one on the face doth smite you;
21in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold -- in foolishness I say [it] -- I also am bold.
22Hebrews are they? I also! Israelites are they? I also! seed of Abraham are they? I also!
23ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;
24from Jews five times forty [stripes] save one I did receive;