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I knew a man ino Christ above fourteen δyears 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.

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Rom. 16:7• ⁷Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, which are noted among the apostles, who also before me were in Christ. (Rom. 16:7)

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Acts 22:17• ¹⁷And it came to pass that when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, (Acts 22:17)

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2 Cor. 12:3,5• ³And I know such a man (whether in the body or without the body, I know not: God knoweth),
⁵On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on mine own behalf I will not boast save in [my] weaknesses. (2 Cor. 12:3,5)

in Christ.

2 Cor. 5:17,21• ¹⁷so that, if one [is] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, they are become new.
²¹him that knew not sin he made sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him. (2 Cor. 5:17,21)

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2 Cor. 13:5• ⁵try your own selves whether ye be in the faith, prove your own selves. Or recognize ye not as to your own selves that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobate? (2 Cor. 13:5)

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Isa. 45:24‑25• (Isa. 45:24‑25)

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John 6:56• ⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me and I in him. (John 6:56)

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John 15:4‑6• ⁴Abide in me, and I in you: as the branch cannot bear fruit from itself, unless it abide in the vine; so neither [can] ye, unless ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing.
⁶If one abide not in me, he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up: and they gather it, and cast [it] into the fire, and it burneth. (John 15:4‑6)

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John 17:21‑23• ²¹that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
²²And the glory which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we [are] one,
²³I in them and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, [and] that the world may know that thou didst send me and lovedst them as thou lovedst me. (John 17:21‑23)

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Rom. 8:1• ¹There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 8:1)

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Rom. 16:7• ⁷Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, which are noted among the apostles, who also before me were in Christ. (Rom. 16:7)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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Gal. 1:22• ²²but I was unknown personally to the assemblies of Judea that are in Christ: (Gal. 1:22)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision hath any force nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love. (Gal. 5:6)

about."A.D 46, at Lystra."

Acts 14:6• ⁶becoming aware [of it] they fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the [country] round about, (Acts 14:6)

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Acts 22:17• ¹⁷And it came to pass that when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, (Acts 22:17)

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2 Cor. 5:6‑8• ⁶Therefore being always confident, and knowing that, while present in the body, we are absent from the Lord
⁷(for we walk by faith, not by appearance),
⁸we are confident and well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (2 Cor. 5:6‑8)

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1 Kings 18:12• (1 Kings 18:12)

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2 Kings 2:16• (2 Kings 2:16)

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Ezek. 8:1‑3• (Ezek. 8:1‑3)

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Ezek. 11:24• (Ezek. 11:24)

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Acts 8:39‑40• ³⁹But when they came up out of the water, [the] Spirit of [the] Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
⁴⁰But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he evangelized all the cities till he came to Caesarea. (Acts 8:39‑40)

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Acts 22:17• ¹⁷And it came to pass that when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, (Acts 22:17)

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Phil. 1:22‑23• ²²but if to live in flesh, this to me [is] worth while; and what I shall choose I know not.
²³But I am perplexed by the two, having the desire for departing and being with Christ, for it is very far better; (Phil. 1:22‑23)

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Rev. 1:10• ¹⁰I was in {i}the{/i} Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet, (Rev. 1:10)

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Rev. 4:2• ²[And] immediately I was in {i}the{/i} Spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting: (Rev. 4:2)

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2 Cor. 12:3• ³And I know such a man (whether in the body or without the body, I know not: God knoweth), (2 Cor. 12:3)

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2 Cor. 11:11• ¹¹Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth. (2 Cor. 11:11)

caught.

2 Cor. 12:4• ⁴how that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which [it is] not lawful for a man to utter. (2 Cor. 12:4)

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Luke 24:51• ⁵¹And it came to pass, while he was blessing them, he was separated from them, and was carried up into heaven. (Luke 24:51)

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1 Thess. 4:17• ¹⁷then we, the living that remain, shall be caught up together with them in clouds to meet [the] Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thess. 4:17)

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Heb. 9:24• ²⁴For the Christ entered not into handmade holies, figures of the true, but into the heaven itself now to appear to the face of God for us; (Heb. 9:24)

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Rev. 12:5• ⁵And she brought forth a male son, who is to rule all the nations with an iron rod: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. (Rev. 12:5)

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Gen. 1:14‑20• (Gen. 1:14‑20)

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1 Kings 8:27• (1 Kings 8:27)

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Isa. 57:15• (Isa. 57:15)

• We have seen the spiritual power and tact with which the Apostle handles his glorying, how he blends "the man in Christ" with that which was peculiar to himself so as to cut off all self or fleshly boasting, and yet afford every saint intelligent of his privileges the same conscious privilege substantially as he had himself received miraculously. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 12:1-6” by W. Kelly)

• So David said not a word about the lion and the bear which he was enabled to kill while engaged in his lowly task, till it was needful to allay the fears of others to God's glory; and the Apostle only spoke many years after a wondrous experience which others less spiritual would have talked of everywhere for as many years or more. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 12:1-6” by W. Kelly)

• Body there or not, he was not hindered from feeling the glory to be beyond the measure of man. There the glorified will be to enjoy all with Christ at His coming, in bodies like His own; and there the disembodied saint goes to be with Him. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 12:1-6” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I knowc 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 tod the third heaven.

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Conscious knowledge; and so all through.

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Heos, "as far as." see Luke 24.50; Acts 11.22.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 an one caught up to the third heaven.