2 Corinthians 11:22-24

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²² They are Hebrews? So am I! They are Israelites? So am I! They are descendants of Abraham? So am I!

²³ Are they [ministering] servants of Christ (the Messiah)? I am talking like one beside himself, [but] I am more, with far more extensive and abundant labors, with far more imprisonments, [beaten] with countless stripes, and frequently [at the point of] death.

²⁴ Five times I received from [the hands of] the Jews forty [lashes all] but one;^(A)