2 Corinthians 12:2 “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the thi…”

2 Corinthians 12:2

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven fourteen years ago—whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows.

American Standard Version

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

Geneva Bible 1599

I know a man in Christ aboue fourteene yeeres agone, (whether he were in the body, I can not tell, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth) which was taken vp into the thirde heauen.

Darby Translation

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in [the] body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such [a one] caught up to [the] third heaven.

Young's Literal Translation

I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago — whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known — such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;

Bible in Basic English

I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.

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Cross references

“knew”

2 Corinthians 12:3 2 Corinthians 12:5

2 Corinthians 12:3 · BSB

And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

2 Corinthians 12:5 · BSB

I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

“in Christ”

2 Corinthians 5:17 John 6:56 John 15:4–6 Romans 8:1 Romans 16:7 Galatians 1:22

2 Corinthians 5:17 · BSB

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

John 6:56 · BSB

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

John 15:4–6 · BSB

Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

Romans 8:1 · BSB

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 16:7 · BSB

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.

Galatians 1:22 · BSB

I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

“in the”

Acts 22:17 Ezekiel 8:1–3 Revelation 4:2 1 Kings 18:12 2 Corinthians 5:6–8 Ezekiel 11:24

Acts 22:17 · BSB

Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

Ezekiel 8:1–3 · BSB

In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

Revelation 4:2 · BSB

At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

1 Kings 18:12 · BSB

I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

2 Corinthians 5:6–8 · BSB

Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

Ezekiel 11:24 · BSB

And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

“God”

2 Corinthians 11:11

2 Corinthians 11:11 · BSB

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

“caught”

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Luke 24:51 Hebrews 9:24 Revelation 12:5 2 Corinthians 12:4

1 Thessalonians 4:17 · BSB

After that, we who are alive and remain 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.

Luke 24:51 · BSB

While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

Hebrews 9:24 · BSB

For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Revelation 12:5 · BSB

And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

2 Corinthians 12:4 · BSB

was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.

“third”

Isaiah 57:15 Genesis 1:14–20 1 Kings 8:27

Isaiah 57:15 · BSB

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive th…

Genesis 1:14–20 · BSB

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

1 Kings 8:27 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Also

Acts 14:6 Ephesians 4:10 Psalm 148:4

Acts 14:6 · BSB

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

Ephesians 4:10 · BSB

He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

Psalm 148:4 · BSB

Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

3And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

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