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1 Corinthians 2:7–8

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7No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mysteryx that has been hiddeny and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8None of the rulers of this agez understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.a

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Cross references

  1. xver 1
  2. yRo 16:25
  3. zver 6; See 1 Co 1:20
  4. aPs 24:7; Ac 7:2; Jas 2:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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. None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, because if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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. But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.