2 Corinthians 12:3
And I know that this man— whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
What it says
And Paul repeats that he knows this man, though again he does not know whether the experience was in the body or apart from it.
What it is doing
It underscores the mystery of the event rather than mastering it.
In context
1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows. 3And I know that this man— whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows— 4was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.