1 Corinthians 2:7,10 - Compare All Versions

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No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.

these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

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 it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.

On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined  before the ages for our glory.

Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything,  even the depths of God.

but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

We, of course, have plenty of wisdom to pass on to you once you get your feet on firm spiritual ground, but it’s not popular wisdom, the fashionable wisdom of high-priced experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so. 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. The experts of our day haven’t a clue about what this eternal plan is. If they had, they wouldn’t have killed the Master of the God-designed life on a cross. That’s why we have this Scripture text: No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it— What God has arranged for those who love him. But you’ve seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you.

We, of course, have plenty of wisdom to pass on to you once you get your feet on firm spiritual ground, but it’s not popular wisdom, the fashionable wisdom of high-priced experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so. 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. The experts of our day haven’t a clue about what this eternal plan is. If they had, they wouldn’t have killed the Master of the God-designed life on a cross. That’s why we have this Scripture text: No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it— What God has arranged for those who love him. But you’ve seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you.

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence].

For God has unveiled them and revealed them to us through the [Holy] Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things [diligently], even [sounding and measuring] the [profound] depths of God [the divine counsels and things far beyond human understanding].

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.