2 Corinthians 12:1

A Vision Of Paradise

¹ I have to keep on boasting. There is no good to be gotten from it, but I will go on to visions and revelations which the Lord has given me. ² I know a man in union with Christ fourteen years ago -- whether in the body or out of it, I do not know, but God knows -- who was caught up to the third heaven.

From the Lord

It is I

Received from the Lord

No

Galatians 1:12

for I did not get it from any man; I was not taught it, but I got it through a revelation given by Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:2

I went up under the guidance of a divine revelation. Now I laid before them the good news that I was in the habit of preaching among the heathen, but first I did so privately before the leaders, for fear that my course might be or might have been to no purpose.

2 Corinthians 12:7

So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated.

John 16:7

Yet it is nothing but the truth I now tell you, that it is better for you that I should go away. For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come into close fellowship with you, but if I do go away, I will send Him to be in close fellowship with you.

John 18:14

Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their welfare that one should die for the people.

Acts 9:10-17

Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" And he answered, "Yes, Lord, I am here."

Acts 18:9

One night in a vision the Lord said to Paul, "Stop being afraid, go on speaking, never give up;

Acts 22:17-21

After I had come back to Jerusalem, one day while I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance,

Acts 23:11

But that same night the Lord stood by Paul's side and said, "Courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, you must testify for me in Rome, too."

Acts 26:13-19

and on the road at noon, your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, flash around me and my fellow-travelers.

1 Corinthians 6:12

Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is good for me. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not become a slave to anything.

1 Corinthians 10:23

Everything is permissible for people, but not everything is good for them. Everything is permissible for people, but not everything builds up their personality.

2 Corinthians 8:10

Now I will give you my opinion on this matter. For this is for your interest, because you were not only the first to do anything about it, but the first to want to do so; you started it a year ago.

2 Corinthians 11:16-30

Let me say again that no one must think that I am a fool, but if you do, please treat me like a fool and let me do a little boasting too, as other fools do.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have made a fool of myself, but you have forced me to do it, for I am the man who ought to have been constantly approved by you. For I am not a single bit inferior to your surpassingly superior apostles, though really I am "nobody."

Ephesians 3:3

and how by revelation the secret was made known to me, as I have briefly written before.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to recognize the True One; and we are in union with the True One through His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.