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Are they 1Hebrews? 2So am I. Are they 3Israelites? 4So am I. Are they 5descendants of Abraham? 6So am I.
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Are they 7servants of Christ?-I speak as if insane -I moreso; in 8farmorelabors, in 9farmoreimprisonments, 10beatentimeswithoutnumber, often in 11danger of death.
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Fivetimes I received from the Jews12thirty-nine** lashes.
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Threetimes I was 13beaten with rods, once I was 14stoned, threetimes I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.
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I have been on frequentjourneys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my 15countrymen, dangers from the 16Gentiles, dangers in the 17city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangersamong18falsebrethren;
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I have been in 19labor and hardship, throughmanysleeplessnights, in 20hunger and thirst, often21withoutfood, in cold and 22exposure.
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Apart from such external things, there is the daily*pressure on me of concern for 23all the churches.