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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,...
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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...
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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
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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...
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THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POWER (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)...
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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...
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MYSTERY. App-193.
HIDDEN. Same word as in Luke 10:21.Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:26.
ORDAINED. preordained. Greek. _proorizo._ See...
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_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...
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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;...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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§ 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...
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“(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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“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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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BUT WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY, EVEN THE HIDDEN WISDOM,
WHICH GOD ORDAINED BEFORE THE WORLD UNTO OUR GLORY,...
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The Gospel itself true wisdom:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 2:7 But G235 speak G2980 (G5719) wisdom G4678 God G2316
in G1722 mystery G3466 hidden G613 ...
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‘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...
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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;...
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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...
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MYSTERY
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _
ORDAINED
Predestination, translated, predestinated, (Romans 8:29); (Romans
8:30); ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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”;...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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1 Peter 1:11; 1 Peter 5:1; 1 Peter 5:10; 2 Peter 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:9;...
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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...
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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...
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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...