Paul�s example of suffering

[Daily Bible Readings - English (en)]

Lesson: No Greater Love
Reading: Paul’s example of suffering  2015-07-04
Reference:  2 Cor. 11:21-30 
II Corinthians 11:21: I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, ( I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
II Corinthians 11:22: Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
II Corinthians 11:23: 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.
II Corinthians 11:24: Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
II Corinthians 11:25: 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;
II Corinthians 11:26: In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
II Corinthians 11:27: In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
II Corinthians 11:28: Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
II Corinthians 11:29: Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
II Corinthians 11:30: If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
(KJV)