2 Corinthians 11:5
11:5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.”
2 Corinthians 11:21-30
11:21 (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.
11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
11:24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.
11:25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.
11:26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,
11:27 in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
11:28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
11:30 If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.