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2 Corinthians 12 : 1 - 7
Chapter 12
| 1 | It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord:
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| 2 | I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows--such a one was caught up to the third heaven.
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| 3 | And I know such a man--whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows--
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| 4 | how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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| 5 | Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.
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| 6 | For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me.
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| 7 | And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.
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