Verse 25

2 Corinthians 11:25

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25 I have faced hard labor and struggles, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often going without food, cold, without enough clothing to keep warm.

Original Language Text

greek

τρὶς ἐραβδίσθην, ἅπαξ ἐλιθάσθην, τρὶς ἐναυάγησα, νυχθήμερον ἐν τῷ βυθῷ πεποίηκα·

English Translation

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.

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Chapter 11 Context

1 I hope you can put up with a little more foolishness from me—well you already do put up with me! Focus ↗

2 I agonize over you with a divine kind of jealousy, for I promised you to a single husband—Christ—so... Focus ↗

3 I worry that in some way, just as the serpent deceived Eve with his devious cunning, that you might... Focus ↗

4 If anyone comes and tells you about a different Yashua (Jesus) to the one we shared with you, you ea... Focus ↗

5 I don't believe I'm inferior to these “super-apostles.” Focus ↗

6 Even though I may not be skilled in giving speeches, I do know what I'm talking about. We have made... Focus ↗

7 Was it wrong of me to humble myself so you could be elevated, since I shared the good news with you... Focus ↗

8 I robbed as it were other churches, taking pay from them so I could work for you. Focus ↗

9 When I was there with you and needed something, I wasn't a burden to anyone because the believers wh... Focus ↗

10 This is as certain as the truth of Christ that is in me: nobody in all Achaia will stop me boasting... Focus ↗

11 And why? Because I don't love you? God (Elohim) knows that I do! Focus ↗

12 I'll continue to do what I've always done, so as to remove any opportunity for those who want to boa... Focus ↗

13 These people are false apostles, dishonest workers, who pretend to be apostles of Christ. Focus ↗

14 So it's no wonder then if those who serve him pretend to be agents of good. But their final end will... Focus ↗

15 Let me say it again: Please don't think I'm being foolish. However, even if you do, accept me as som... Focus ↗

16 What I'm saying is not as the Lord would say it—all this foolish boasting. Focus ↗

17 But since many others are boasting in the way the world does, let me boast too. Focus ↗

18 (You're happy to put up with fools, since you are so wise!) Focus ↗

19 You put up with people who make you slaves, who take what you have, who exploit you, who arrogantly... Focus ↗

20 I'm so sorry that we were too weak to do anything like that! But whatever people dare to boast about... Focus ↗

21 Are they Hebrews? Me too. Are they Israelites? Me too. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me too. Focus ↗

22 Are they servants of Christ? (I know I'll sound like I'm crazy, talking like this.) But I have done... Focus ↗

23 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent t... Focus ↗

24 During my many journeys I have faced the dangers of crossing rivers, robber gangs, attacks from my o... Focus ↗

25 I have faced hard labor and struggles, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often going without...

26 Besides all this, I face the daily concerns of dealing with all the churches. Focus ↗

27 Who is weak, and I don't feel weak too? Who is led into sin, and I don't burn up? Focus ↗

28 If I have to boast, I will boast about how weak I am. Focus ↗

29 The God (Elohim) and Father of the Lord Yashua (Jesus)—may he be praised forever—knows I am not lyin... Focus ↗

30 While I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city guarded in order to capture me. Focus ↗

31 But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the city wall, and so I escaped from him. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Corinthians
Chapter: Chapter 11 (31 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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