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3-4 I know that God took this man up to paradise. I do not know whether this man was still in his body or not. Only God knows. When this man was in heaven, he heard about secret things. Those are things that no words can describe. God will not let any person speak about those things. They are too special.[a]

I will say proud things about a man like that. But I will not be proud of anything good about myself. I will only be proud of things that show my weakness.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:3-4 Paul is probably speaking about himself in these verses, but he speaks as if it is someone else. The third heaven (or highest heaven) is the place where God himself lives.