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2 Corinthians 12:4
2 Corinthians 12:4 is verse 4 of 2 Corinthians chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
King James Version
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
World English Bible
how he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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2 Corinthians 12:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
3 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.
6 Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ezekiel 31:9I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.