makes his wisdom known to hostile angels, it can be assumed he makes it known to good angels, but do the latter need to wait for that knowledge until the church has come into existence? It is God’s wisdom31 which is made known to the heavenly powers. We might have expected his grace, or the lordship of Christ as in Phil 2:9–11 (cf v. 11 here), or salvation to be revealed, but it is wisdom; this follows appropriately after the many terms denoting revelation in 3:2–13. In 1 Cor 1:18ff God’s wisdom