2 Corinthians 12:1-10 - A Vision Of Paradise

¹ It is not expedient for me, no doubt, to rejoice; Nevertheless I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. ² I know a man in Christ above fourteen years agone - whether he were in the body I cannot tell, or whether he were out of the body I cannot tell; God knoweth - which was taken up into the third heaven. ³ And I know the same man - whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth - ⁴ how that he was taken up into paradise, and heard words not to be spoken, which no man can utter. ⁵ Of this man will I rejoice, of myself will I not rejoice, except it be of mine infirmities - ⁶ and yet though I would rejoice I should not be a fool, for I would say the truth. Nevertheless I spare, lest any man should think of me above that he seeth me to be, or heareth of me. ⁷ And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given unto me of God unquietness of the flesh: the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I should not be exalted out of measure. ⁸ For this thing besought I the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me, ⁹ and he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect through weakness." Very gladly therefore will I rejoice of my weakness, that the strength of Christ may dwell in me. ¹⁰ Therefore have I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in need, in persecutions, in anguish, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.