18 Yet if others want to brag about what they have done, so will I.
19 And since you are so smart, you will gladly put up with a fool.
20 In fact, you let people make slaves of you and cheat you and steal from you. Why, you even let them strut around and slap you in the face.
21 I am ashamed to say we are too weak to behave in such a way.If they can brag, so can I, but it is a foolish thing to do.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Jews? So am I. Are they from the family of Abraham? Well, so am I.
23 Are they servants of Christ? I am a fool to talk this way, but I serve him better than they do. I have worked harder and have been put in jail more times. I have been beaten with whips more and have been in danger of death more often.
24 Five times my own people gave me 39 lashes with a whip.