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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 ministers of Christ? – I speak as a fool – I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. |
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if insane) I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death. |
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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 prisons more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. |
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. |
Servants of Christ are they? I am speaking as one who is beside himself, I more [in a higher degree than they], in labors to the point of exhaustion more abundantly than they, in prisons more abundantly than they, in stripes inflicted by being whipped, beyond measure, in danger of death, often. |
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Are they ministers of Christ? I have more claim to this title than they. This is a silly game but look at this list: I have worked harder than any of them. I have served more prison sentences! I have been beaten times without number. I have faced death again and again. |
Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy – as such I am superior! - serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death. |
Are 1526 they ministers 1249 of Christ? 5547 (I speak 2980 as a fool) 3912 I 1473 am more; 5228 in 1722 labours 2873 more abundant, 4056 in 1722 stripes 4127 above measure, 5234 in 1722 prisons 5438 more frequent, 4056 in 1722 deaths 2288 oft. 4178 |
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