I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
1 Corinthians 2:7 - New Revised Standard Version But we speak God's wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God–[that wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence]. American Standard Version (1901) but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: Common English Bible We talk about God’s wisdom, which has been hidden as a secret. God determined this wisdom in advance, before time began, for our glory. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a wisdom which is hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory: |
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.
And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.
When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom.
just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.
so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.
inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory.
Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.