 he clearly did go to heaven he clearly knew that he was on his way to heaven i'm i'm fighting the good fight running the race he talked about that all the time he he had a sense of certitude that he would go to heaven and this is because of god's promises because god will not go back on his promise but saint paul was clear here that he didn't presume to say he didn't go that far is to say i'm definitely going to heaven because he didn't know the future