Act 26:24-25, 1Cor 4:10-13, 2Cor 11:1, 16-17, 12:6, 11, 1Th 2:3-11 | ESV | STEP | And as he was saying these things in his defense , Festus said with a loud voice , Paul , you are out of your mind ; your great learning is driving you out of your mind .

Acts 26:24-25

24 And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, ^ayou are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.” 25 But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, ^bmost excellent Festus, but I am speaking ^ctrue and ^drational words.

1 Corinthians 4:10-13

10 ^eWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^fyou are wise in Christ. ^gWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^hwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ⁱbuffeted and ^jhomeless, 12 and we ^klabor, working with our own hands. ^lWhen reviled, we bless; ^mwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ⁿWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^othe refuse of all things.

2 Corinthians 11:1

Paul and the False Apostles

1 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!

2 Corinthians 11:16-17

Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle

16 I repeat, ^plet no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17 What I am saying ^qwith this boastful confidence, ^rI say not as the Lord would ^{▼▼Greek not according to the Lord} but as a fool.

2 Corinthians 12:6

6 though if I should wish to boast, ^tI would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.

2 Corinthians 12:11

Concern for the Corinthian Church

11 ^uI have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ^vnot at all inferior to these super-apostles, ^weven though I am nothing.

1 Thessalonians 2:3-11

3 For ^xour appeal does not spring from ^yerror or ^zimpurity or ^aaany attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God ^abto be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not ^acto please man, but to please God ^adwho tests our hearts. 5 ^aeFor we never came with words of flattery, ^{▼▼Or with a flattering speech} as you know, nor with a pretext for greed— ^agGod is witness. 6 ^ahNor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, ^aithough we could have made ^ajdemands as ^akapostles of Christ. 7 But we were ^algentle ^{▼▼Some manuscripts infants} among you, ^anlike a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God ^aobut also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

9 For you remember, brothers, ^apour labor and toil: we ^aqworked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and ^arGod also, ^ashow holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. 11 For you know how, ^atlike a father with his children,