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NASB | 2 Corinthians 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, [only] God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven. [Luke 23:43] |
Bible Question: What/where are the 3 heavens? |
Bible Answer: Please read this commentary from Matthew Henry and see if it is instructive. (In 2 Corinthians 12:2 Paul is reporting on a personal experience and it seems that)" in some sense he was caught up into the third heaven, the heaven of the blessed, above the aerial heaven, in which the fowls fly, above the starry heaven, which is adorned with those glorious orbs: it was into the third heaven, where God most eminently manifests his glory. We are not capable of knowing all, nor is it fit we should know very much, of the particulars of that glorious place and state; it is our duty and interest to give diligence to make sure to ourselves a mansion there; and, if that be cleared up to us, then we should long to be removed thither, to abide there for ever. This third heaven is called paradise (2Co_12:4), in allusion to the earthly paradise out of which Adam was driven for his transgression; it is called the paradise of God (Rev_2:7), signifying to us that by Christ we are restored to all the joys and honours we lost by sin, yea, to much better". |
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