 uh then for if you glad in verse 19 if you gladly tolerate fools since you are so wise you put up with these people to my shame i can see that we were too weak for that speaking as a fool however i can match what anyone else dares to boast about so saint paul is defending i think in that section he's defending his apostlehood um and um he's kind of letting him have it with both barrels you know someone comes along and says my paul wasn't the real thing you know