2 Corinthians 12:2

The Passion Translation

Someone I’m acquainted with, who is in union with Christ, was swept away fourteen years ago in an ecstatic experience. He was taken into the third heaven, but I’m not sure if he was in his body or out of his body—only God knows.

Cross References

Psalm 148:4

Take it up even higher—up to the highest heavens, until the cosmic chorus thunders his praise!

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and majestic one says, the one who fills the eternal realm with glory, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in high and holy places but also with the bruised and lowly in spirit, those who are humble and quick to repent. I dwell with them to revive the spirit of the humble, to revive the heart of those who are broken over their sin.

Ezekiel 11:24

Then, the Spirit snatched me away and transported me back among the exiles in Babylon. This was the vision given to me by the Spirit of God. Then the vision faded away.

Ezekiel 43:5

Then Yahweh’s Spirit lifted me into the air and set me down in the inner courtyard; and behold, I watched the glory of Yahweh like a cloud fill the temple.

Luke 24:51

While he was still speaking words of love and blessing, he floated off the ground into the sky, ascending into heaven before their very eyes!

John 6:56

The one who eats my body and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him.

Acts 14:6

When the apostles learned about this, they escaped to the region of Lyconia, to the cities of Lystra and Derbe and the nearby villages.

Acts 22:17

“Then I returned to Jerusalem. And while I was praying in the temple, I entered another realm

Romans 16:10

Don’t forget to greet Apelles for me, for he’s been tested and found to be approved by the Anointed One. And extend warm greetings to all those of Aristobolos’s house church.

Romans 16:3

Give my love to Prisca and Aquila, my partners in ministry serving the Anointed One, Jesus,

Romans 16:7

Make sure that my relatives Andronicus and Junia are honored, for they’re my fellow captives who bear the distinctive mark of being outstanding and well-known apostles, and who were joined into the Anointed One before me.

Romans 16:9

And give my loving greetings to Urbanus, our partner in ministry serving the Anointed One, and also to Stachus, whom I love.

Romans 8:1

So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One.

1 Corinthians 1:30

For it is not from man that we draw our life but from God as we are being joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. And now he is our God-given wisdom, our virtue, our holiness, and our redemption.

2 Corinthians 11:11

Why? Is it because I have no love for you? God knows how much I love you!

2 Corinthians 13:5

Now your souls will be strengthened and healed if you hold steadfast to your faith. Haven’t you already experienced Jesus Christ himself living in you? If not, you are deficient.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new person. All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and new.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For God made the only one who did not know sin to become sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God through our union with him.

Galatians 1:22

but I remained unknown to the churches in Judea.

Galatians 5:6

When you’re joined to the Anointed One, circumcision and religious obligations can benefit you nothing. All that matters now is living in the faith that works and expresses itself through love.

Ephesians 4:10

The same one who descended is also the one who ascended above the heights of heaven, in order to begin the restoration and fulfillment of all things.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we who are alive will join them, transported together in clouds to have an encounter with the Lord in the air, and we will be forever joined with the Lord.

Hebrews 4:14

So then, we must cling in faith to all we know to be true. For we have a magnificent King-Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who rose into the heavenly realm for us, and now sympathizes with us in our frailty.

Hebrews 9:24

For the Messiah did not enter into the earthly tabernacle made by men, which was but an echo of the true sanctuary, but he entered into heaven itself to appear before the face of God in our place.

Revelation 1:10

I was in the spirit realm on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice sounding like a trumpet,

Revelation 12:5

She gave birth to a man-child who is about to rule and shepherd every nation with an iron scepter, and her son was caught up to God and to his throne.

Revelation 4:2

Instantly I was taken into the spirit realm, and behold—I saw a heavenly throne being set in place and someone seated upon it.