30If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. 32In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me, 33and I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and so escaped his hands.
30. glory of … infirmities—A striking contrast! Glorying or boasting of what others make matter of shame, namely, infirmities; for instance, his humbling mode of escape in a basket (2Co 11:33). A character utterly incompatible with that of an enthusiast (compare 2Co 12:5, 9, 10).
Paul had a price on his head, he was viewed as a traitor by his fellow Jews and a threat. Yesterday's study we saw what he endured for Christ and today we see his mode of escape.
If we lived in another part of the world as Christians would we endure the same persecution?
Pray for those being persecuted and pray God emboldens your faith to the point of being foolish for Him as Paul was! The world sees us as fools because we believe and live for Jesus. Be an example that leads them to Christ.
Blessings, David
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