1 Corinthians 2:7 Parallel Translations

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.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

ASV:

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:

BBE:

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;

DBY:

But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:

ERV:

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:

WEY:

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;

WBS:

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to our glory:

WEB:

But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

YLT:

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

1 Corinthians 2:7 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

Romans 11:25 For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery-- so that you will not be wise in your own estimation-- that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

Romans 16:25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,

1 Corinthians 2:1 And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

Hebrews 1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.

Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:7 {5} But we speak the wisdom of God in a {g} mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], {6} which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
(5) He shows the reason why this wisdom cannot be perceived by those excellent worldly intellects: that is, because it is indeed so deep that they cannot attain to it.
(g) Which men could not so much as dream of.
(6) He takes away an objection: if it is so hard, when and how is it known? God, he says, determined with himself from the beginning, that which his purpose was to bring forth at this time out of his secrets, for the salvation of men.

PNT:

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.

WES:

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.

MHC:

2:6-9 Those who receive the doctrine of Christ as Divine, and, having been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, have looked well into it, see not only the plain history of Christ, and him crucified, but the deep and admirable designs of Divine wisdom therein. It is the mystery made manifest to the saints, Col 1:26, though formerly hid from the heathen world; it was only shown in dark types and distant prophecies, but now is revealed and made known by the Spirit of God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of glory; a title much too great for any creature. There are many things which people would not do, if they knew the wisdom of God in the great work of redemption. There are things God hath prepared for those that love him, and wait for him, which sense cannot discover, no teaching can convey to our ears, nor can it yet enter our hearts. We must take them as they stand in the Scriptures, as God hath been pleased to reveal them to us.

CONC:

Ages Dealing Decreed Destined Existence Foreordained Glorification Glory God's Hidden Hitherto Impart Kept Mystery News Ordained Predestined Pre-destined Predetermined Result Secret Speak Store Truths Wisdom Worlds

Ages Dealing Decreed Existence Foreordained Glory God's Hidden Hitherto Impart Kept Mystery Ordained Predestined Pre-Destined Predetermined Result Secret Speak Store Time Truths Wisdom World Worlds

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