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.
(I speak as a fool) х parafronoon (G3912)] - 'I speak as if beside myself:' mad, not merely "as a fool."
I am more - namely, in respect to the credentials and manifestations of my ministry; more self-denying; richer in tokens of God's recognition of my ministry. 1 Corinthians 15:10; B Delta f, Vulgate, read the order, 'In prisons above measure х perissoteroos (G4056)], in stripes more abundantly' х huperballontoos (G5234)] (English version, less accurately, 'more frequently'). Clement (1st Epistle to Corinthians) describes him as having suffered bonds seven times.
In deaths oft (2 Corinthians 4:10; Acts 9:23; Acts 13:50; Acts 14:5-6; Acts 14:19).