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2 Corinthians 12:4

Heaven and the new creation

2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

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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.

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BSB
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
KJV
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
WEB
how he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
ASV
how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
DARBY
that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.
BLB
that he was caught up into Paradise, and he heard inexpressible words, not being permitted to man to speak.
ÅB
han ble rykket inn i Paradis og hørte usigelige ord, som det ikke er et menneske tillatt å tale.
OTB
ble tatt opp til Paradis og hørte ord som ikke kan uttrykkes, som ingen har lov til å tale.
B1930
han blev rykket inn i Paradis og hørte usigelige ord, som det ikke er et menneske tillatt å tale.

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Cross references

  • Luke 23:43

    And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

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  • Revelation 2:7

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

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  • Ezekiel 31:9

    I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

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