Note 15 at 2 Cor. 11:26: The word "peril" simply means "danger." Paul suffered danger on water, danger from robbers, danger from the Jews, danger from the heathen, dangers in the cities and in the wilderness, danger when traveling on the seas, and danger from false brethren.

Note 16 at 2 Cor. 11:26: It is important to remember that Paul is indulging himself in boasting (see note 2 at v. 1, p. 1033). However, his boasting is still noticeably different than the way most people boast. He was not bragging about his great accomplishments but rather his great sufferings. How many people would list how many times they had been thrown in prison on their resume? Yet Paul gloried in how much he had suffered for the cause of Christ. You can be sure that the false apostles (v. 13) had not boasted in this manner. They had puffed themselves up quite contrarily to the way Paul did.