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1 Corinthians 2:8
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None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
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which none of the rulers of this age has known. For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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1 Corinthians 2
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.”
10 But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
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