What sufferings did Paul endure according to the Corinthian letters?
Paul endured severe persecution: he was scourged three times, though such scourging usually killed people; he suffered shipwreck three times, including being dumped in the Mediterranean or Aegean Sea; and he was beaten unmercifully, stoned, and dragged out for dead. These sufferings are recounted from the Corinthian letters.
The context explains that Paul was just as human as his readers, and he reckoned that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed. It notes that in the Corinthian letters Paul was scourged three times—though one such scourging usually killed people—shipwrecked three times, dumped in the Mediterranean or Aegean Sea, beaten unmercifully, stoned, and dragged out for dead. This present suffering is contrasted with future glorification with Christ, revealed to us, not angels.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
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