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2 Corinthians 12:3 (WEB)
I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),

Fathers and councils · 12

Tertullian, A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 9
“It, too, has eyes and ears of its own, by means of which Paul must have heard and seen the Lord; it has, moreover all the other members of the body by the help of which it effects all processes of thinking and all activity in dreams.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2–4.
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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies II.30Book II
“…all the Scriptures loudly proclaim; and Paul expressly testifies that there are spiritual things when he declares that he was caught up into the third heaven, and again, that he was carried away to paradise, and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for a man to utter.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2, 3, 4.
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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.2Book V
“…even the Father, who freely gives to this mortal immortality, and to this corruptible incorruption, because the strength of God is made perfect in weakness, in order that we may never become puffed up, as if we had life from ourselves, and exalted against God, our minds becoming ungrateful; but learning by…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 3.
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History III.24Book III
“…even unto the sights of the third heaven, had been carried to the very paradise of God, and had been deemed worthy to hear unspeakable utterances there.” — editor's note: See 2 Cor. xii. 2–4.
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John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVII.24Conference XVII
“…even unto the third heaven: and I know such a man, that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for man to utter.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2–4.
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Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith I.11Book I
“I cannot deny the one; the other I fear to search into, for if Paul says that the words which he heard when caught up into the third heaven might not be uttered, how can we explain the secret of this generation from and of the Father, which we can neither hear nor attain to with our understanding?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2–5.
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Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels IV.11Book IV
“One man regardeth the day to the Lord; another receives a clearer draught from the breast of the Lord; another is caught up even to the third heaven, and hears unspeakable words.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2–4.
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 3
“Thus the Apostle says, that he “was caught up into the third heaven, and heard ineffable words.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2–4.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 7
“Behold Paul ascending: “I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago was caught up into the third heaven (whether in the body, or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth), and that he heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2–4.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 6
“And when writing to the Corinthians also he saith, “For I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 3. (It is interesting to note that this citation has three readings, followed in the received text, but rejected by recent critics on the authority…
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Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule II.5Part II
“For hence it is that Paul is caught up into Paradise (2 Cor. xii. 3) and explores the secrets of the third heaven, and, yet, though borne aloft in that contemplation of things invisible, recalls the vision of his…” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.6Book I
“How then, if that is truly the promise after our departure hence, say they that they know “what eye hath not known, nor hath entered into the mind of man,” who have not perceived by the Spirit, but received from instruction “what ear hath not heard,” or that ear alone which “was rapt up into the third heaven?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 2–4.
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