2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in worse beatings, in more imprisonments, in frequent danger of death.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
Cross References
Acts 14:19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns that chains and afflictions await me.
Acts 24:26At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe to release him. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.
Acts 27:1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
Acts 28:30Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul? And who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
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 →