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D&C 137:1 · 2 Corinthians 12:2

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 137:1
"The heavens were opened upon us, and I beheld the celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof, whether in the body or out I cannot tell."
New Testament 2 Corinthians 12:2
"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven."

Shared words: whether in the body

Both narrators disclaim knowledge of their own bodily state in the same construction. The letter states the disclaimer twice at length and in the third person about a man in Christ; the vision compresses it to one clause in the first person and does not carry the letter's 'God knoweth'. Registered at the 2026-08-11 editorial review.