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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Gill's Exposition
Which none of the princes of this world knew,.... Meaning not the devils, as some have thought, who had they known what God designed to do by the death of Christ, would never have been concerned in…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
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, as this phrase often means),…
In this part of the chapter the apostle shows them that though he had not come to them with the excellency of human wisdom, with any of the boasted knowledge and literature of the Jews or Greeks, yet…
Cambridge Bible
the wisdom of God in a mystery The distinction between faith wisdomand knowledgein St Paul's writings would appear to be this. Faithis the fundamental principle of Christianity, whereby the life of…
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