2 Corinthians 12:2
Fourteen years ago a man I know, a man in Christ, was snatched away as far as the third heaven. Whether this happened in the body or outside the body, I do not know. God knows.
Treated in 7 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
[I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites 2 Cor. 12:2
…For “their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”167167 “The third heaven” Paul (2 Cor. 12:2) tells how he was caught up into the third heave, or paradise, and heard unutterable…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites 2 Cor. 12:2
…that this thorn was given to St. Paul above fourteen years before he wrote this epistle; [2 Cor. 12:2] which itself was wrote several years before he finished his course. [see Acts 20:24; 2…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Wisdom of God cites 2 Cor 12:2
…we should be lifted up with spiritual enlargements, as Paul, with his revelations. 2 Cor 12:2. It is hard to have the heart low when comfort is high. God sees humility to be better…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Joy cites 2 Cor 12:2
…that cause jubilation of spirit; he has that which is better felt than can be expressed. 2 Cor 12:2. Use two: If God gives his people such joy in this life, oh! then, what glorious joy will…
- A Body of Divinity ·
A Believer's Privilege at Death cites 2 Cor 12:2
…Luke 23:43. By paradise is meant heaven: the third heaven, into which Paul was taken. 2 Cor 12:2. Christ said to the thief on the cross, ‘This day shalt thou be with me in paradise.’ His…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites 2 Cor. 12:2
…third heaven, and honour with a wondrous revelation of things that could not be spoken (2 Cor. 12:2), who will presume to despise or disregard as superfluous that ministry, whose utility…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
The Narrative of the Lord's Dealings cites 2 Cor. xii. 1-10
…Him whose strength is not only manifested, but can only be made perfect, in weakness.* * 2 Cor. xii. 1-10. To those who think that no man can wield such power in prayer or live such a life of…