1 Corinthians 2:7

New Century Version

I speak God’s secret wisdom, which he has kept hidden. Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory.

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

I will speak using stories; I will tell secret things from long ago.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the people who are wise and smart. But you have shown them to those who are like little children.

Matthew 13:35

This is as the prophet said: “I will speak using stories; I will tell things that have been secret since the world was made.”

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God.

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world, and he chose them to be like his Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

Romans 8:30

God planned for them to be like his Son; and those he planned to be like his Son, he also called; and those he called, he also made right with him; and those he made right, he also glorified.

1 Corinthians 2:1

Dear brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I did not come preaching God’s secret with fancy words or a show of human wisdom.

Ephesians 1:4

That is, in Christ, he chose us before the world was made so that we would be his holy people—people without blame before him.

Ephesians 3:10

His purpose was that through the church all the rulers and powers in the heavenly world will now know God’s wisdom, which has so many forms.

2 Timothy 1:9

saved us and made us his holy people. That was not because of anything we did ourselves but because of God’s purpose and grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began,

Hebrews 1:2

But now in these last days God has spoken to us through his Son. God has chosen his Son to own all things, and through him he made the world.

Hebrews 11:3

It is by faith we understand that the whole world was made by God’s command so what we see was made by something that cannot be seen.

1 Peter 1:11

The Spirit of Christ was in the prophets, telling in advance about the sufferings of Christ and about the glory that would follow those sufferings. The prophets tried to learn about what the Spirit was showing them, when those things would happen, and what the world would be like at that time.

1 Peter 5:1

Now I have something to say to the elders in your group. I also am an elder. I have seen Christ’s sufferings, and I will share in the glory that will be shown to us. I beg you to

1 Peter 5:10

And after you suffer for a short time, God, who gives all grace, will make everything right. He will make you strong and support you and keep you from falling. He called you to share in his glory in Christ, a glory that will continue forever.

2 Peter 1:3

Jesus has the power of God, by which he has given us everything we need to live and to serve God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus called us by his glory and goodness.

Revelation 13:8

And all who live on earth will worship the beast—all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.