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A Revealed Secret, Not a Puzzle
When Paul calls God's wisdom a 'mystery,' he isn't describing something illogical or impossible to grasp. Commentators unanimously explain that the biblical term refers to a truth that was once hidden by God but has now been revealed in Jesus Christ. The gospel is not a confusing puzzle, but a glorious, once-secret plan now made known to believers.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 2:7
18th Century
Theologian
But we speak. We who have preached the gospel.
The wisdom of God. We teach or proclaim the wise plan of God for the salvat…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 2:7
God's wisdom in a mystery (θεου σοφιαν εν μυστηριω). Two points are here sharply made. It is God's wisdom (note emphatic position …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 2:7
19th Century
Bishop
In a mystery.—The writer explains in these words the plan on which his speaking of God’s wisdom proceeded: he dealt with it as the…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 2:7
Describing God’s wisdom further, Paul states that it is a wisdom that is contained in a mystery (“God’s secret wisdom”) not fully revealed, but one…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 2:7
16th Century
Theologian
The wisdom of God in a mystery. He assigns the reason why the doctrine of the gospel is not held in high esteem by the princes of this…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 2:7
17th Century
Pastor
But we speak the wisdom of God
Not of men, not of the wise politicians, the learned philosophers and Rabbins; that w…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 2:6–9
17th Century
Minister
Those who receive the doctrine of Christ as Divine, and having been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, have carefully examined it, see not only the pl…