2 Corinthians 12:2 Cross References - Mace

² I knew a christian who above fourteen years ago, was snatch'd up even to the third heaven, whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows.

⁵¹ and while he was blessing them, he was taken from them, and carried up into heaven.

⁵⁶ he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

⁴ be attach'd to me, and I shall be so to you. as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self, except it be attach'd to the vine: so neither can you, except you continue attach'd to me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for independent of me ye can do nothing. ⁶ if a man abide not in me, he is cast away as withered branches that are gather'd up to be thrown into the fire, where they are burned.

²¹ that they all may be one, as thou, father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. ²² and the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one. ²³ I in them, and thou in me, that they may have a perfect union, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

³⁹ when they were come out of the water, the spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he pursued his way with joy. ⁴⁰ but Philip was found at Azotus: and passing on, he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.

⁶ of which they were appriz'd, and fled to Lystra and Derbe, citys of Lycaonia, and to the adjacent country,

¹⁷ at length being return'd to Jerusalem, one day as I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance.

¹ Sentence of death therefore shall not pass upon those christians who do not lead a vicious life.

⁷ salute Andronicus and Junias my relations, and fellow-prisoners, who are distinguish'd among the apostles,

³⁰ for from him it is that ye believe in Christ Jesus, whom God has made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that,

⁶ therefore being always certainly assur'd that whilst I sojourn in this body, I am absent from the Lord, ⁷ (for I regulate my conduct by my future expectations, not by visible enjoyments: ⁸ ) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord.

¹⁷ therefore, if any man be a christian, he is in a new creation: the old state of things is chang'd to one entirely new.

²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for us, that we might be justified by God thro' him.

¹¹ why so? is it because I love you not? far otherwise, God knows.

³ but tho' I don't know whether it was in the body, or out of the body, which God only knows, ⁴ this I know, that he was snatch'd up into paradise, and heard such secrets as it is not lawful for a man to reveal. ⁵ I might glory in being the man; but I will not glory in any thing relating to myself, unless it be my sufferings.

⁵ Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; bring yourselves to the proof; are you so little acquainted with yourselves, as not to know whether Jesus Christ be in you? but if you are destitute of proofs,

²² but was personally unknown to the churches of Christ in Judea,

⁶ for in the christian-dispensation, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but an active benevolent faith.

¹⁰ he that descended, is the same too that ascended far above all heavens, to perfect all things.

²² whether it be an advantage to me or not still to lead this mortal life, what to chuse I cannot tell. ²³ I am doubly press'd between my desire to depart, in order to be with Christ, which is by far the best for ME;

¹⁷ then we, who shall be still alive, shall be convey'd together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall ever be with the Lord.

²⁴ for Christ is not entred into a sanctuary made by human art, such as is only representative of the true one, but into heaven itself, to appear from henceforth in the presence of God on our behalf:

¹⁰ there I was in an exstacy on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice, like the sound of a trumpet,

² Immediately I was in an extasy: and I saw a throne placed in heaven, and one sitting on the throne.

⁵ and she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to be with God, and about his throne.