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


In Context

4 and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power —

5 that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age — of those becoming useless,

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

8 which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

9 but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him — '

1 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.

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 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: