The Boast of a Humiliating Experience
2 Corinthians 11:30-33
When slandered, Paul defends himself by mentioning his weaknesses.
Published September 21st, 2016; Updated September 22nd, 2016
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Paul now boasts of his weaknesses by recounting his humiliating escape from Damascus.
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2 Corinthians 11:30-33
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If I have to boast,
Wenn ich mich rühmen soll,
I will boast of what pertains to my a weakness.
so will ich mich meiner Schwachheit rühmen.
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The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, a He who is blessed forever, b knows that I am not lying.
Der Gott und Vater des Herrn Jesus, der gelobt ist in Ewigkeit, weiß, daß ich nicht lüge.
In a Damascus
In Damaskus
the ethnarch under Aretas the king was b guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,
bewachte der Landpfleger des Königs Aretas die Stadt der Damaszener, um mich zu verhaften;
and I was let down in a basket
und ich wurde
a through a window 1 in the wall,
durch ein Fenster in einem Korb über die Mauer hinabgelassen
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and so escaped his hands.
und entrann seinen Händen.
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First class conditional assumed to be true from the author's perspective.
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