2 CORINTHIANS 11:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.”
Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again — Paul's *apostolic credentials* are *suffering* (*pathē*) and *kópos*, labor. *Phylakē*, imprisonment; *plēgaí*, floggings; *thanátos*, death — these are the *marks* of authentic apostleship, the very *inverse* of worldly achievement.
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