2 Corinthians 12:3
1 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
- KJV
- And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
- WEB
- I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),
- ASV
- And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),
- DARBY
- And I know such a man, (whether in [the] body or out of the body I know not, God knows;)
- BLB
- And I know such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body, I do not know; God knows—
- ÅB
- Og jeg kjenner dette menneske - om han var i legemet eller utenfor legemet, vet jeg ikke; Gud vet det -
- OTB
- Og jeg vet at denne mannen—om det var i legemet eller utenfor legemet, vet jeg ikke, bare Gud vet—
- B1930
- Og jeg kjenner dette menneske - om han var i legemet eller utenfor legemet, vet jeg ikke; Gud vet det -