I knowa manin Christwho fourteenyearsago--whetherin the bodyI do not know,orout of the bodyI do not know,Godknows--such a manwas caughtup to the thirdheaven.
"It happenedwhen I returnedto Jerusalemand was prayingin the temple,that I fellinto a trance,
ImmediatelyI was in the Spirit;and behold,a thronewas standingin heaven,and One sittingon the throne.
Thenwe who are aliveand remainwill be caughtup togetherwith them in the cloudsto meetthe Lordin the air,and sowe shall alwaysbe with the Lord.
Why?BecauseI do not loveyou? Godknows[I do]!
For thussaysthe highand exaltedOne Who livesforever,whose nameis Holy,"I dwell[on] a highand holyplace, And [also] with the contriteand lowlyof spiritIn order to revivethe spiritof the lowlyAnd to revivethe heartof the contrite.
"It will comeabout when I leaveyou that the Spiritof the LORDwill carryyou whereI do not know;so when I comeand tellAhaband he cannotfindyou, he will killme, although [I] your servanthave fearedthe LORDfrom my youth.
And she gave birthto a son,a male[child], whois to ruleallthe nationswith a rodof iron;and her childwas caughtup to Godand to His throne.
And the Spiritliftedme up and broughtme in a visionby the Spiritof Godto the exilesin Chaldea.So the visionthat I had seenleftme.
"But will Godindeeddwellon the earth?Behold,heavenand the highestheavencannotcontainYou, howmuchlessthishousewhichI have built!
For Christdid not entera holy placemade with hands,a [mere] copyof the true one,but into heavenitself,nowto appearin the presenceof Godfor us;
He who descendedis HimselfalsoHe who ascendedfar aboveallthe heavens,sothat He might fillall things.)
For in ChristJesusneithercircumcisionnoruncircumcisionmeansanything,but faithworkingthroughlove.
I was [still] unknownby sightto the churchesof Judeawhich were in Christ;
Thereforeifanyoneis in Christ,[he is] a newcreature;the old thingspassed away;behold,new thingshave come.
GreetAndronicusand Junias,my kinsmenand my fellow prisoners,whoare outstandingamongthe apostles,whoalsowere in Christbeforeme.
Thereforethere is nownocondemnationfor thosewho are in ChristJesus.
they became awareof it and fledto the citiesof Lycaonia,Lystraand Derbe,and the surrounding region;
"He who eatsMy fleshand drinksMy bloodabidesin Me, and I in him.
WhileHe was blessingthem, He parted from them and was carriedup into heaven.
PraiseHim, highestheavens,And the watersthat are abovethe heavens!
I was in the Spiriton the Lord'sday,and I heardbehindme a loudvoicelike[the sound] of a trumpet,
Testyourselves[to see] ifyou are in the faith;examineyourselves!Ordo you not recognizethis about yourselves,that JesusChristis in you-- unlessindeed you fail the test?
He madeHim who knewnosin[to be] sinon our behalf,sothat we might becomethe righteousnessof Godin Him.
But by His doing you are in ChristJesus,whobecameto us wisdomfrom God,and righteousnessand sanctification,and redemption,
They saidto him, "Beholdnow,thereare with your servantsfiftystrongmen,pleaselet them goand searchfor your master;perhapsthe Spiritof the LORDhas takenhim up and casthim on somemountainorinto somevalley."And he said,"You shall not send."
"Behold,to the LORDyour Godbelong heavenand the highestheavens,the earthand allthat is in it.
And the Spiritliftedme up and broughtme into the innercourt;and behold,the gloryof the LORDfilledthe house.
GreetPriscaand Aquila,my fellow workersin ChristJesus,
GreetUrbanus,our fellow workerin Christ,and Stachysmy beloved.
GreetApelles,the approvedin Christ.Greetthosewhoare of the [household] of Aristobulus.
Therefore,since we havea greathigh priestwhohas passed throughthe heavens,Jesusthe Sonof God,let us hold fastour confession.
