...hardship Paul faced. He writes, "Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons...among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things...

...listen to the Apostle Paul's account of his own sufferings for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save...among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness (2 Corinthians 11:24-27)....

...prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 181 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned,...among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things...

...years of ministry brought: "...Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was / beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered...among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. . . " 2nd Corinthians...

...some extremely harsh situations. Let's take a look at some of Paul's "light" afflictions. In labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons...among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things...