1 Corinthians 2:7

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

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  • Eph 3:4-9 : 4 whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; 5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 6 [ to wit], that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, 7 whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal, 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
  • Isa 48:6-7 : 6 Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known. 7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: [
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. [
  • Col 1:26-27 : 26 [ even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints, 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
  • 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.

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    4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

    5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

    6We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

  • 1 Cor 2:8-10
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    8which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

    9but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And [which] entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

    10But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

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    9and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

    10to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

    11according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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    2that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ,

    3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

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    18For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

    20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

    21For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

    22Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

    23but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

    24but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

    25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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    26[ even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

    27to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

    28whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

    20and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

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    8which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

    9making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

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    12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

    13Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words] .

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    29that no flesh should glory before God.

    30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

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    3how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

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    2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

    3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:

    4in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] .

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    17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

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    6Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

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    27but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

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    25Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,

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    7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

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    12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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    10For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth.

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    17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

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    16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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    10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

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    20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

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    4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.