2 Corinthians 12:1

On behalf of such a man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in weaknesses.

Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!

For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

A Vision of Paradise