2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abram's offspring? So am I.
24of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one;
Cross References
Acts 14:19But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; who, having persuaded the multitudes, and stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
Acts 20:23save that the Holy Spirit witnesseth to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
Acts 24:26He hoped also that money would be given him by Paul; on which account he sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.
Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
Acts 28:30And he abode two whole years in his own hired house and gladly received all that came in to him,
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each?
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 →