2 Corinthians 12:1

With Tisch., W.H. and the R.V. we adopt the reading (see crit. notes): καυχᾶσθαι δεῖ · οὐ συμφέρον μέν, ἐλεύσομαι δὲ κ. τ. λ.: I must needs glory, though it is not expedient (sc., my opponents drive me to it); but I will come to visions such as were seen by Daniel (2 Corinthians 10:1), which were predicted as to be granted in the New Dispensation (Joel 2:28 f., quoted in Acts 2:17), which were seen by St. Peter (Acts 10:10), and by St. John (Revelation 1:10; Revelation 4:1), as well as by St. Paul himself (Acts 9:3, cf. 1 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 9:12; Acts 22:17) and revelations of the Lord, sc., revelations granted by Christ (Revelation 1:1). St. Paul repeatedly insists that he received his message διʼ ἀποκαλύψεως Ἰη. Χρ. (Galatians 1:12; Ephesians 3:3; cf. 1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3); on one occasion he went up to Jerusalem κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν (Galatians 2:1); and he claims to have the power of speaking ἐν ἀποκαλύψει (1 Corinthians 14:6), as had also some of his Corinthian converts (1 Corinthians 14:26). He now mentions one signal instance of such a “vision and revelation” which was vouchsafed to him.