1 Corinthians 2:7
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God’s wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don’t find it lying around on the surface. It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest—what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.
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NLTNew Living Translation
No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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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