2 Corinthians 12:1-4

Paul's Visions and His Thorn

¹ I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and _x revelations of the Lord. ² I know a man _y in Christ who fourteen years ago was _z caught up to _a the third heaven - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, _b God knows. ³ And I know that this man was caught up into _c paradise - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, _b God knows - ⁴ and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.

1. Cross References
   Galatians 1:12
   For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
   Galatians 2:2
   I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
   Ephesians 3:3
   How the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 5:17
   Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 12:3
   And I know that this man was caught up into paradise - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows -
   1 Thessalonians 4:17
   Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
   Revelation 12:5
   She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
   Ezekiel 8:3
   He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
   Acts 8:39
   And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 148:4
   Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
   
5. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 11:11
   And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
   
6. Cross References
   Luke 23:43
   And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.
   Revelation 2:7
   He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
   Genesis 2:8
   And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 12:2
   I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.