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2 Corinthians 12:4
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
from Paul’s Revelation, 2 Corinthians 12:1-4
What it says

This man, he says, was caught up to Paradise and heard inexpressible things that a human being is not permitted to speak.

What it is doing

It closes the section by stressing revelation's unspeakable character.

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.