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28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
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Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
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Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
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If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
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The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.
32 At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me,
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In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.
33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.
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But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.
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