2 Corinthians 11:23
so am I: are they ministers of Christ? (if I may speak as a fool) I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes far exceeding, in prisons more frequently, and often even in deaths.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
22Are they Hebrews? so am I: are they Israelites? so am I: are they the seed of Abraham?
24From the Jews I have five times received forty stripes save one.
Cross References
Acts 14:19But there came thither some Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and persuading the multitude, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
Acts 20:23save that the holy Spirit testifieth in every city, that bonds and afflictions await me.
Acts 24:26And hoping also that money would be given him by Paul, that he might discharge him; he sent for him the more frequently, and conversed with him.
Acts 27:1Now as it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort.
Acts 28:30And Paul abode two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came to him:
1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whose means ye embraced the faith, even as the Lord gave success to each of 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 →