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2 Corinthians 11:32

2 Corinthians 11:32 is verse 32 of 2 Corinthians chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

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King James Version

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

World English Bible

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.

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2 Corinthians 11:30–33 · Berean Standard Bible

30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.

32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

33 But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

Acts 9:24

but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

Acts 9:25

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

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