2 Corinthians 12:2-4

Contemporary English Version

²I know about one of Christ's followers who was taken up into the third heaven 14 years ago. I don't know if the man was still in his body when it happened, but God certainly knows.

³As I said, only God really knows if this man was in his body at the time. ⁴But he was taken up into paradise,^[a] where he heard things too wonderful to tell.

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Footnotes

12.4 paradise: In the Greek translation of the Old Testament, this word is used for the Garden of Eden. In New Testament times it was sometimes used for the place where God's people are happy and at rest, as they wait for the final judgment.