1. Certainly it is not expedient for me to glory, but I will come to the visions and the revelations of the Lord.
2. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.
3. And I know such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knows)
4. who was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5. Of such a one I will glory, yet of myself I will not glory, except in my weaknesses.
6. Therefore if I should desire to glory in these things, I should not be a fool; for I would say the truth, but now I forbear lest anyone should think of me above that which he sees me to be or that he hears of me.