Geneva(i)
1 It is not expedient for me no doubt to reioyce: for I will come to visions and reuelations of the Lord.
2 I know a man in Christ aboue fourteene yeeres agone, (whether he were in the body, I can not tell, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth) which was taken vp into the thirde heauen.
3 And I knowe such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth)
4 How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard words which cannot be spoken, which are not possible for man to vtter.
5 Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.
6 For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet mee, because I should not be exalted out of measure.
8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrise, that it might depart from me.
9 And he said vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse. Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.