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<a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> but we speak God&#8217s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; <a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory; <a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God predestined before the ages to our glory, <a href="/amp/1_corinthians/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence]. <a href="/csb/1_corinthians/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory. <a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On the contrary, we speak God&#8217s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory. <a href="/asv/1_corinthians/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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: <a href="/cev/1_corinthians/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We speak of God's hidden and mysterious wisdom that God decided to use for our glory long before the world began. <a href="/erv/1_corinthians/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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: <a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> We speak about the mystery of God's wisdom. It is a wisdom that has been hidden, which God had planned for our glory before the world began. <a href="/gnt/1_corinthians/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> The wisdom I proclaim is God's secret wisdom, which is hidden from human beings, but which he had already chosen for our glory even before the world was made. <a href="/isv/1_corinthians/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Instead, we speak about God's wisdom in a hidden secret, which God destined before the world began for our glory. <a href="/msb/1_corinthians/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. <a href="/net/1_corinthians/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory. <a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God determined in advance before the ages for our glory, <a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to our glory: <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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; <a href="/web/1_corinthians/2.htm">World English Bible</a> But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory, <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But we speak in a mystery, the wisdom of God having been hidden, which God foreordained before the ages for our glory, <a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory, <a href="/slt/1_corinthians/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, hidden, which God determined beforehand, before the times to our glory:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a wisdom which is hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory : <a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Instead, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory, <a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Rather, we speak God’s wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory, <a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But we discuss the wisdom of God shown in a mysterious way, and it is hidden, but which God ordained before the world for our glory: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_corinthians/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, that which was kept secret and God had consecrated before the world for our glory.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even that which had been hidden, which God predestined before the ages, for our glory, <a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> but we speak the wisdom of God having been hidden in a mystery, which God predestinated before the ages unto our glory: <a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> but we speak the wisdom of God, which had been hid in mystery, which God predestined before the worlds were, for our glory: <a href="/mace/1_corinthians/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but we explain that mysterious plan of divine wisdom, which God had contriv'd before the ages, for our glory: <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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; <a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery?the hidden wisdom?which God predestined before the ages for our glory; <a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God ordained before the worlds for our glory: <a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-wZWoK_LZU?start=321" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/2.htm">Spiritual Wisdom</a> 6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7<a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">No,</a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: laloumen (V-PIA-1P) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">we speak of</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3466.htm" title="3466: mystēriō (N-DNS) -- From a derivative of muo; a secret or mystery.">the mysterious</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/613.htm" title="613: apokekrymmenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- To hide away, conceal, keep secret. From apo and krupto; to conceal away; figuratively, to keep secret.">and hidden</a> <a href="/greek/4678.htm" title="4678: sophian (N-AFS) -- Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom.">wisdom</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hēn (RelPro-AFS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">which</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">He</a> <a href="/greek/4309.htm" title="4309: proōrisen (V-AIA-3S) -- To foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand. From pro and horizo; to limit in advance, i.e. predetermine.">destined</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">for</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/1391.htm" title="1391: doxan (N-AFS) -- From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.">glory</a> <a href="/greek/4253.htm" title="4253: pro (Prep) -- A primary preposition; fore, i.e. In front of, prior to.">before</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/165.htm" title="165: aiōnōn (N-GMP) -- From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.">time began.</a> 8None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/16-25.htm">Romans 16:25-26</a> Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past / but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith— <a href="/ephesians/3-9.htm">Ephesians 3:9-11</a> and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. / His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, / according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/colossians/1-26.htm">Colossians 1:26-27</a> the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints. / To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. <a href="/2_timothy/1-9.htm">2 Timothy 1:9-10</a> He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. / And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel, <a href="/matthew/13-35.htm">Matthew 13:35</a> So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.” <a href="/ephesians/1-9.htm">Ephesians 1:9-10</a> And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ / as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ. <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">1 Peter 1:20</a> He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake. <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a> He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">1 Peter 1:10-12</a> Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. / It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. <a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29-30</a> For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. / And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. <a href="/isaiah/48-6.htm">Isaiah 48:6-7</a> You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you. / They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’ <a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Daniel 2:22</a> He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him. <a href="/proverbs/8-23.htm">Proverbs 8:23</a> From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Isaiah 64:4</a> From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him. <a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a> I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world to our glory:even.<a href="/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2</a> I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:<a href="/isaiah/48-6.htm">Isaiah 48:6,7</a> Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them… <a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a> At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.unto.<a href="/1_peter/5-1.htm">1 Peter 5:1,10</a> The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: … <a href="/2_peter/1-3.htm">2 Peter 1:3</a> According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/16-27.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/acts/5-35.htm">Dealing</a> <a href="/luke/23-24.htm">Decreed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-28.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Foreordained</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-31.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-5.htm">God's</a> <a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/romans/15-21.htm">Hitherto</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">Impart</a> <a href="/romans/16-25.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/romans/16-25.htm">Mystery</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-21.htm">Ordained</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Predestined</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Pre-Destined</a> <a href="/acts/4-28.htm">Predetermined</a> <a href="/romans/11-31.htm">Result</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-1.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/luke/12-19.htm">Store</a> <a href="/romans/15-32.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-4.htm">Truths</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">World</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm">Worlds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-4.htm">Dealing</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-37.htm">Decreed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-2.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Foreordained</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-8.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-11.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-2.htm">Hitherto</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-13.htm">Impart</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">Mystery</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-14.htm">Ordained</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Predestined</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Pre-Destined</a> <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Predetermined</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-1.htm">Result</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-19.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-9.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-2.htm">Store</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-13.htm">Truths</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-8.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-8.htm">World</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">Worlds</a><div class="vheading2">1 Corinthians 2</div>1. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-1.htm">Paul declares that his preaching, </a> 4. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-4.htm">though it bring not excellence of speech, or of human wisdom, </a> 5. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-5.htm">yet consists in the power of God;</a> 6. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">and so far excels the wisdom of this world, that the natural man cannot understand it.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "mysterious and hidden wisdom" refers to God's plan of salvation through Jesus Christ, which was not fully revealed until the New Testament era. In biblical context, "mystery" often denotes something previously hidden but now revealed by God (<a href="/ephesians/3-3.htm">Ephesians 3:3-5</a>). This wisdom is not accessible through human intellect or philosophy, as seen in the context of 1 Corinthians, where Paul addresses the Greek love for wisdom and rhetoric. The wisdom of God is revealed through the Holy Spirit (<a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">1 Corinthians 2:10</a>), and it surpasses human understanding (<a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>).which He destined for our glory This part of the verse highlights God's sovereign plan and purpose. The term "destined" indicates that God's wisdom and plan were predetermined, aligning with the doctrine of predestination found in <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4-5</a>. "For our glory" suggests that believers are to share in the glory of Christ, as seen in <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a>, where Paul speaks of being co-heirs with Christ. This glory is not of this world but is eternal, pointing to the ultimate glorification of believers in the presence of God (<a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4</a>).before time began This phrase underscores the eternal nature of God's wisdom and plan. It indicates that God's plan of salvation was established before the creation of the world, as also mentioned in <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4</a> and <a href="/2_timothy/1-9.htm">2 Timothy 1:9</a>. This reflects the timelessness of God and His purposes, which are not bound by human history or chronology. The concept of God's eternal plan provides assurance to believers of the certainty and unchangeability of His promises, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/6-17.htm">Hebrews 6:17-18</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 1 Corinthians, Paul is addressing the church in Corinth, a city known for its diversity and philosophical pursuits. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_in_corinth.htm">The Church in Corinth</a> A community of believers in a cosmopolitan city, facing challenges related to divisions, immorality, and the influence of secular wisdom. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The source of the "mysterious and hidden wisdom" that Paul speaks of, which is central to the message of the gospel. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The embodiment of God's wisdom and the means through which this wisdom is revealed to believers. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_holy_spirit.htm">The Holy Spirit</a> The revealer of God's wisdom to believers, enabling them to understand spiritual truths.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_wisdom.htm">The Nature of God's Wisdom</a> God's wisdom is not of this world; it is mysterious and hidden, requiring spiritual discernment to understand. <a href="/topical/t/the_eternal_plan_of_god.htm">The Eternal Plan of God</a> God's wisdom was destined for our glory before time began, indicating His sovereign plan and purpose for humanity. <a href="/topical/r/revelation_through_the_spirit.htm">Revelation through the Spirit</a> The Holy Spirit plays a crucial role in revealing God's wisdom to believers, emphasizing the need for a Spirit-led life. <a href="/topical/c/contrast_with_worldly_wisdom.htm">Contrast with Worldly Wisdom</a> The wisdom of God stands in stark contrast to the wisdom of the world, which often leads to pride and division. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_god's_wisdom.htm">Living in Light of God's Wisdom</a> Believers are called to seek and live by God's wisdom, which leads to spiritual maturity and unity within the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_corinthians_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Corinthians 2</a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_god's_'secret_wisdom'.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7: How can God’s hidden “secret wisdom” be tested or verified using rational inquiry or evidence-based methods? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_provisionism_or_a_provisionist.htm">What does 'eye has not seen' mean in 1 Corinthians?</a> <a href="/q/does_1_cor_3_19_oppose_biblical_wisdom.htm">Doesn't 1 Corinthians 3:19, by labeling worldly wisdom as foolishness, promote anti-intellectualism and conflict with biblical passages that encourage knowledge?</a> <a href="/q/is_sophia_the_embodiment_of_wisdom.htm">Is Sophia the embodiment of wisdom?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_corinthians/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) In a mystery.--The writer explains in these words the plan on which his speaking of God's wisdom proceeded, that he dealt with it as the ancient mysteries were dealt with, explaining certain truths only to the initiated, and not to all (<a href="/1_corinthians/4-1.htm" title="Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.">1Corinthians 4:1</a>; <a href="/colossians/1-26.htm" title=" Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:">Colossians 1:26</a>).Hidden.--Heretofore unrevealed, but now made manifest in Christ and by His teachers (<a href="/romans/16-25.htm" title="Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,">Romans 16:25</a>; <a href="/ephesians/3-10.htm" title="To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,">Ephesians 3:10</a>). And this has been in accordance with what God ordained "before the beginning of time," to our glory, as distinct from the humiliation of the world's teaching, which is coming to nought.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - In a mystery; that is, "in a truth, once hidden, now revealed." The word is now used for what is dark and incomprehensible, but it has no such meaning in the New Testament, where it means "what was once secret, but has now been made manifest" (<a href="/romans/16-25.htm">Romans 16:25</a>; <a href="/ephesians/3-4.htm">Ephesians 3:4, 9</a>; <a href="/colossians/1-26.htm">Colossians 1:26</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm">1 Timothy 3:16</a>). It implies the very reverse of any esoteric teaching. Hidden. It was "hidden from the wise and prudent, but revealed to babes" (<a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a>). Before the worlds; literally, before the ages; before time began. Unto our glory. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews clearly states that "the future age" is in God's counsels subjected, not to the angels, but to man. But "our glory" is that we are "called to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus" (<a href="/1_peter/5-10.htm">1 Peter 5:10</a>). <a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>No, ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. we speak of λαλοῦμεν (laloumen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. [the] mysterious μυστηρίῳ (mystēriō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3466.htm">Strong's 3466: </a> From a derivative of muo; a secret or 'mystery'. [and] hidden ἀποκεκρυμμένην (apokekrymmenēn) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_613.htm">Strong's 613: </a> To hide away, conceal, keep secret. From apo and krupto; to conceal away; figuratively, to keep secret. wisdom σοφίαν (sophian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4678.htm">Strong's 4678: </a> Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. which ἣν (hēn) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. [He] Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. destined προώρισεν (proōrisen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4309.htm">Strong's 4309: </a> To foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand. From pro and horizo; to limit in advance, i.e. predetermine. for εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. glory δόξαν (doxan) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application. before πρὸ (pro) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4253.htm">Strong's 4253: </a> A primary preposition; 'fore', i.e. In front of, prior to. time [began]. αἰώνων (aiōnōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_165.htm">Strong's 165: </a> From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak God's wisdom (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 2:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 2:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 2:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 2:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>