2 Corinthians 12:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard words which cannot be spoken, which are not possible for man to vtter.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 23:43 : 43 Then Iesus said vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches, To him that ouercommeth, will I giue to eate of the tree of life which is in the middes of the Paradise of God.
  • Ezek 31:9 : 9 I made him faire by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, enuied him.

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    1 It is not expedient for me no doubt to reioyce: for I will come to visions and reuelations of the Lorde.

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    5 Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.

    6 For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

    7 And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet mee, because I should not be exalted out of measure.

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    5 Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

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    2 For hee that speaketh a strange tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him: howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things.

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    12 For neither receiued I it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the reuelation of Iesus Christ.

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    17 And it came to passe, that when I was come againe to Hierusalem, and prayed in the Temple, I was in a traunce,

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    3 That is, that God by reuelation hath shewed this mysterie vnto me (as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes,

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    16 I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

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