1 Corinthians 2:7

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Eph 3:4-9 : 4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; 5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 6 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News, 7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power. 8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
  • Rom 16:25-25 : 25
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would 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 You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? "I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known. 7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
  • 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 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are 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 to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
  • 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

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

    5 that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

    6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

  • 1 Cor 2:8-10
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    8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.

    9 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."

    10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

  • Eph 3:9-11
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    9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

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

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

  • Col 2:2-3
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    2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

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

  • 1 Cor 1:18-25
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    18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

    19 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."

    20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

    22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

    23 but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

    24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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

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    26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

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

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

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    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."

    20 And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."

  • Eph 1:8-9
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    8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

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

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    12 But 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 by God.

    13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

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    29 that no flesh should boast before God.

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

    31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

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

    4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

    5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

  • 2 Cor 4:2-4
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    2 But 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.

    3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

    4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

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

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    6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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

  • 1 Cor 1:27
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    27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

  • Rom 16:25
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    25

  • Eph 2:7
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    7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12 For our boasting 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 toward you.

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    10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.

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    17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

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

  • Eph 2:10
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    10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

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

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    4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.