2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
24Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.
Cross References
Acts 14:19But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
Acts 20:23Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.
Acts 24:26For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.
Acts 27:1And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.
Acts 28:30And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,
1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:23-33
The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. ( a. d. 57.) 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in… Read the whole commentary →