7No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.


In Context

4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

5 so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

7 No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.

8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" --

1st Corinthians 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom,] which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a wisdom which is hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory :

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to our glory:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world to our glory: