1 Corinthians 2:7
“But wee speake the wisedome of God in a mysterie, euen the hidden wisedome which God ordeined before the world, vnto our glory.”
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1 Corinthians 2:7 Context
5That your faith should not stand in the wisdome of men, but in the power of God. 6Howbeit wee speake wisedome among them that are perfect: yet not the wisedome of this worlde, nor of the Princes of this worlde, that come to nought: 7But wee speake the wisedome of God in a mysterie, euen the hidden wisedome which God ordeined before the world, vnto our glory. 8Which none of the princes of this world knewe: for had they knowen it, they would not haue crucified the Lord of glory. 9But as it is written, Eye hath not seene, nor eare heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that loue him.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 2:7
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
- King James Version
but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden {wisdom} which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, `even' the `wisdom' that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
- American Standard Version (1901)
But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
- Basic English Bible
But we speak God's wisdom in [a] mystery, that hidden [wisdom] which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:
- Darby Bible
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to our glory:
- Webster's Bible
But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined, so that it should result in glory to us;
- Weymouth Bible
But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
- World English Bible
but we speken the wisdom of God in mysterie, `which wisdom is hid; which wisdom God bifor ordeynede bifor worldis in to oure glorie,
- Wycliffe Bible
but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 2:7
2:7 But we speak the mysterious wisdom of God, which was hidden for many ages from all the world, and is still hidden even from babes in Christ; much more from all unbelievers. Which God ordained before the world - So far is this from coming to nought, like worldly wisdom. For our glory - Arising from the glory of our Lord, and then to be revealed when all worldly glory vanishes.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 2:7
1Co 2:7 We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. The Greeks had their mysteries, like the Eleusinian, in which secrets were imparted to the initiated. A mystery is a secret as yet not made known. The wisdom of God in the gospel was a mystery hidden until Christ came, and since then fully comprehended only by "the initiated", the full-grown Christians. The apostolic sense of "mystery" is that which was hidden, but is now disclosed to those who accept the gospel. Those who will not receive the gospel cannot comprehend this wisdom. See Ro 16:25,26 Eph 3:6 1Ti 3:16. [Even] the hidden [wisdom]. Long hidden, though existing in God's plans made before the world. Before the "age" (Revised Version, margin). The Greek word "aion" is correctly "ages". The Jewish age of dispensation may be meant, or it may mean the ages of man's existence. This hidden wisdom proposed all through the dispensations the glory of God's chosen ones.