New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Corinthians 2:7
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No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
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But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
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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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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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But we speak [the] wisdom of God in a mystery having been hidden away, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,
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1 Corinthians 2
5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He 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 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
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