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But we speak God`s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds to our glory,
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
God's wisdom in a mystery (θεου σοφιαν εν μυστηριω). Two points are here sharply made. It is God's wisdom (note emphatic position …
19th Century
Anglican
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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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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But we speak the wisdom of God Not of men, not of the wise politicians, the learned philosophers and Rabbins; that w…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
After indicating the proper way to present Christian doctrine, the Apostle now shows that he followed it. In this regard, he does three things. Fir…
