2 Corinthians 11:23
They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications.
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22They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.
24On five occasions, I received forty stripes, less one, from the Jews.
Cross References
Acts 14:19But as the disciples were standing around him, he got up and entered the city. And the next day, he set out with Barnabas for Derbe.
Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit, throughout every city, has cautioned me, saying that chains and tribulations await me at Jerusalem.
Acts 24:26He was also hoping that money might be given to him by Paul, and because of this, he frequently summoned him and spoke with him.
Acts 27:1Then it was decided to send him by ship to Italy, and that Paul, with the others in custody, should be delivered to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augusta.
Acts 28:30Then he remained for two whole years in his own rented lodgings. And he received all who went in to him,
1 Corinthians 3:5We are only the ministers of him in whom you have believed, just as the Lord has granted to each of you.
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 →