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## forty lashes minus one ##
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This was a common expression for being whipped 39 times. 40 lashes was assumed to kill a person.
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## I have spent a night and a day on the open sea ##
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Paul was referring to floating in the water after the ship he was on sank.
## in danger from false brothers. ##
AT: "and in danger from people who claimed to be brothers in Christ, but who betrayed us."