But we speak the mysterious wisdom of God, which was hidden for many ages from all the world, and is still hidden even from "babes in Christ;" much more from all unbelievers. Which God ordained before the world — So far is this from coming to nought, like worldly wisdom. For our glory — Arising from the glory of our Lord, and then to be revealed when all worldly glory vanishes.
Verse 1 Corinthians 2:7. _THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY_] The GOSPEL of Jesus Christ, which had been comparatively _hidden_ from the _foundation of_ _the world_, (the settling of the Jewish economy,...
BUT WE SPEAK - We who have preached the gospel. THE WISDOM OF GOD - We teach or proclaim the wise plan of God for the salvation of people; we make known the divine wisdom in regard to the scheme of h...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Apostle's Preaching. (1 Corinthians 2:1)._ 2. The Revelation of the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:6). 3. The Helplessness and Ignorance of the Natural Man. (1 Corin
YET THERE IS A CHRISTIAN WISDOM REVEALED BY GOD'S SPIRIT. Yet there is a true wisdom of which the Christian teachers speak to those who are mature; not a wisdom of this world or of the angels who are...
True, we speak wisdom among those who are mature--but it is a wisdom which does not belong to this world, nor to the rulers of this world whose extinction is inevitable. But we speak the wisdom of God...
THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POWER (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)...
MYSTERY. App-193. HIDDEN. Same word as in Luke 10:21.Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:26. ORDAINED. preordained. Greek. _proorizo._ See...
_the wisdom of God in a mystery_ The distinction between _faith wisdom_and _knowledge_in St Paul's writings would appear to be this. _Faith_is the fundamental principle of Christianity, whereby the li...
ἘΝ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΊΩΙ. See ch. 1 Corinthians 4:1. ΤῊΝ�. Not only from men but also from angels and heavenly powers. See Romans 16:25; Ephesians 3:5;...
1 Corinthians 2:1-16. THE WISDOM OF THE GOSPEL DISCERNIBLE BY THE SPIRITUAL FACULTIES ALONE The Apostle now begins to justify his preaching. It was not that of one skilled in the fashionable argumenta...
_WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 2:6-8:_ Paul acknowledged that he did use wisdom in speaking to the spiritually mature. However it was not "the wisdom of this world." The wisdom of the world...
ΆΛΛΆ (G235) но. Снова вводит положительную сторону, но в то же время делает сильный акцент на отрицание (Grosheide). ΘΕΟΎ _gen. sing. от_ ΘΕΌΣ (G2316) Бог. Ставится перед именем для сильного выделени...
DISCOURSE: 1937 MYSTERIOUSNESS OF THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 2:7 To explain and vindicate his conduct in reference to this matter, we will shew, I. The principle by which the Christian is actuated— H...
WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD— The wisdom of God is used here for the doctrine of the Gospel, coming immediately from God by the revelation of his Spirit; and in this chapter it is set in opposition to a...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Undiscoverable but Understandable (1 Corinthians 2:6-16) 6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age,...
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: Yet the Gospel, so far from being at variance with "wis...
21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
2:7 ages (o-18) Or 'worlds' (ver. 7), 'world' (ver. 8). I add this in note to keep up the connection with 'world' in ver. 6....
THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S PREACHING 1-5. Paraphrase. 'When I visited you in Corinth I made no attempt to reconcile my message with your Greek philosophy, (2) but kept to the proclamation of the facts o...
PARAPHRASE. 'There is indeed a wisdom with which the facts of the gospel are in harmony and which we declare to those who are ripe to receive it. (7, 8) It is not the wisdom of this world, for that le...
IN A MYSTERY] Mystery means something formerly hidden in the counsels of God, but now revealed. The 'mystery' here is the reasoned account of the redemption brought by Christ. Theology is necessary if...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 WHAT PAUL *PREACHED 2:1-5 V1 Christian *brothers and *sisters, when I came to you I did not come with clever words or great ideas. I *pr...
IN A MYSTERY. — The writer explains in these words the plan on which his speaking of God’s wisdom proceeded, that he dealt with it as the ancient mysteries were dealt with, explaining certain truths o...
CHAPTER 5 DIVINE WISDOM IN the preceding paragraph Paul has explained why he had proclaimed the bare facts regarding Christ and His crucifixion and trusted to the Cross itself to impress the Corinth...
§ 7. THE GOSPEL CONSIDERED AS WISDOM. So far Paul has been maintaining that his message is a “folly,” with which “wisdom of word” is out of keeping; yet all the while he makes it felt that it is wisdo...
“(We speak … a wisdom not of this world …) but (ἀλλά, of diametrical opposition) a wisdom of God, in (shape of) a mystery.” ἐν μυστηρίῳ qualifies λαλοῦμεν, rather than σοφίαν (as Hn [340], Ev [341], L...
GOD'S WISDOM SPIRITUALLY REVEALED 1 Corinthians 2:6 The perfect are those who are full grown and matured in Christian experience. They need strong meat. For them there are blessed unveilings of the s...
The apostle reminds the Corinthian Christians that when he first came to them he did not come with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, but with "the Word of the Cross." Yet there must be no foolish im...
The Spirit Reveals God's Wisdom Paul indicated he was ready to speak with wisdom from God if his listeners were ready to hear it. However, he would not speak with a worldly wisdom, which would have re...
(5) But we speak the wisdom of God in a (g) mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], (6) which God ordained before the world unto our glory: (5) He shows the reason why this wisdom cannot be perceived by...
“But we speak the wisdom of God, which is a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God preordained before the ages, unto our glory;” This verse is the antithesis of the foregoing one (ἀλλά, _but_). The te...
The apostle describes wisdom, of which he speaks from the viewpoint of its superhuman origin (1 Corinthians 2:6-7), then from that of its impenetrable obscurity to the natural understanding (1 Corinth...
(6) Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught: (7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
7._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 world _— because it is involved in mysteries, and is conseque...
It was in this spirit that Paul had come among them at first; he would know nothing but Christ, [2] and Christ in His humiliation and abasement, object of contempt to senseless men. His speech was not...
BUT WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD,.... Not of men, not of the wise politicians, the learned philosophers and Rabbins; that which human wisdom has no hand in forming, nor in revealing, nor in propagating,...
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, _even_ the hidden _wisdom_, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Ver. 7. _Wisdom of God in a mystery_] While God did not divide himself int...
_Howbeit, we speak wisdom_ Yea, the truest and most excellent wisdom: for the subject matter of our preaching is the most wise contrivance and counsel of God concerning the salvation of mankind by Chr...
WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY; in speaking the wisdom of God we proclaim a mystery. The word mystery is used here, as often elsewhere in the New Testament, to denote something beyond the pow...
BUT WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY, EVEN THE HIDDEN WISDOM, WHICH GOD ORDAINED BEFORE THE WORLD UNTO OUR GLORY,...
The Gospel itself true wisdom:...
It was through Paul that the Corinthians had been brought to God; and he here reminds them that when he first came there, he had avoided the use of high-sounding speech and intellectual arguments: it...
BUT WE SPEAK GOD'S WISDOM IN. MYSTERY, EVEN THE WISDOM THAT HATH BEEN HIDDEN, WHICH GOD FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE WORLDS UNTO OUR GLORY: 'in. mystery' -'in the singular the term "mystery" ordinarily r...
6-9 Those who receive the doctrine of Christ as Divine, and, having been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, have looked well into it, see not only the plain history of Christ, and him crucified, but the...
BUT WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY; we preach the gospel, where the righteousness in which alone men can another day appear, and be accepted before God, is revealed from faith to faith. It is...
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 [Paul often speaks of Christ and his gospel as a mystery (Romans...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V to be brought to light by and by amongst "the perfect," when the time should come, but "pre-ordained in the counsels of God before the ages."[243] Origen de Princip...
1 Corinthians 2:7 But G235 speak G2980 (G5719) wisdom G4678 God G2316 in G1722 mystery G3466 hidden G613 ...
‘Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are perfect. But a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world which are coming to nought. But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom...
1 Corinthians 2:7. BUT WE SPEAK GOD'S WISDOM IN A MYSTERY _i.e._ (in the apostolic sense of the word ‘mystery') a wisdom long hidden from view, but now disclosed (see Romans 16:25-26; Ephesians 3:6;...
GOD'S WISDOM IN A MYSTERY (θεου σοφιαν εν μυστηριω). Two points are here sharply made. It is God's wisdom (note emphatic position of the genitive θεου) in contrast to the wisdom of this age. Every a...
MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _ ORDAINED Predestination, translated, predestinated, (Romans 8:29); (Romans 8:30); ...
1 Corinthians 2:6 Mystery Revealed. I. The redemption of Jesus Christ is a great mystery of the Divine thought and heart. The Apostle uses a singular term to designate those to whom the revelation is...
CONTENTS: Christian revelation not indebted to human wisdom. Spiritual verities not discoverable to human wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees ca...
1 Corinthians 2:2. _I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified._ That is, to know him in the glory of his person, as revealed in the oracles of truth. “I and the...
GOD'S SECRET WISDOM. The world does not understand the value of God's wisdom in "Christ on the cross," because they are completely unqualified to do so. The Corinthian Christians only partly understoo...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2:7 The SECRET AND HIDDEN WISDOM OF GOD centers on Christ. It includes God’s plans for salvation from BEFORE THE AGES (“before the foundation of the world”;...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2:6 God’s Spirit bridges the gap between the deep things of God and the human heart, graciously preparing human beings to understand the message of the cross. See a...
CHAPTER II. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER He proceeds to exalt the spiritual wisdom of Christ above all natural and animal wisdom. Therefore he says: I. That he knew and preached nothing but Christ cruci...
_But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery._ (1.) This is a Hebraism for "the wisdom of the mystery." that great secret of the Divine counsel, about the Incarnation of the Word, and the redemption o...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ (_For many points, see Homiletic Analysis_.) 1 Corinthians 2:1. I.—Slightly emphatic; _q.d_. “I was myself also in complete harmony of spirit and method with the lines of God’s proce...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1 _St. Paul's own method._ 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1 AND I; "I too;" I in accordance with God's method. WHEN I CAME TO YOU. The date of his first visit was in A.D. 52, an
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God (1 Corinthians 2:1). Paul didn't come as one of the Corinthian philosopher...
1 Peter 1:11; 1 Peter 5:1; 1 Peter 5:10; 2 Peter 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:9;...
In a mystery. Connect with we speak. See on Matthew 13:11; Romans 11:25; Romans 11:80 The in [ε ν] has a kind of instrumental force : by means of a mystery; i e., by delivering a doctrine hidden from...
PAUL THE PREACHER 1 Corinthians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle, Paul, now is speaking of the kind of an entrance he had among the Corinthians. He had been very happy to move among them and prea...