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 (KJV)

Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

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

No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
- Berean Standard Bible 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, a wisdom which is hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory :
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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:
- English Revised Version

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

Bible Commentary for 1 Corinthians 2:7

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.

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