“Paul is making it clear that he is the equal of the men to whom he referred above. His purpose was to show that the disparaging opinions by which they were judging him were false.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
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22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
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20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
— 2 Corinthians 11:22 —
23Are 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.
24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.