Act 20:23, Rom 8:36, 1Cor 4:9-13, 2Cor 4:10-11, 11:23 | ESV | STEP | except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me .

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^flike men sentenced to death, because we ^ghave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ^hWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ⁱyou are wise in Christ. ^jWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^kwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^lbuffeted and ^mhomeless, 12 and we ⁿlabor, working with our own hands. ^oWhen reviled, we bless; ^pwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^qWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^rthe refuse of all things.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11

10 ^salways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^tso that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

2 Corinthians 11:23

23 Are they ^uservants of Christ? ^vI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^wfar more imprisonments, ^xwith countless beatings, and ^yoften near death.