| Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - Theology - 1830 - 500 pages
...ii. 7. ' We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery ;' and in the next words explains what he means by mystery, ' even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to our glory :' and in the tenth verse he tells us, this is no longer hidden, but the mystery is laid open ; ' God... | |
| Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 500 pages
...ii. 7. ' We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery;' and in the next words explains what he means by mystery, ' even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to our glory :' and in the tenth verse he tells us, this is no longer hidden, but the mystery is laid open ; ' God... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Theology, Doctrinal - 1830 - 566 pages
...17. Can either of these things be possibly said, with truth, concerning mere uninspired opinions ? We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, w'lich God ordained before the world unto our glory. Eye hath not seen, nor car heard, neither have... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pages
...this world, nor by the princes of this world, that come to nought : but by the gospel, that contains the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which none of the princes of this world, who have nothing to enlighten them but their own learning, know... | |
| Cheryl Schang - Religion - 2005 - 234 pages
...perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not... | |
| Obie Folsom Benton - 2005 - 300 pages
...look at some of those "here a little and there a little" passages and see. I Corinthians 2:7. "But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages unto our glory. " Suppose we take this verse apart and see exactly what Paul has told us. 1) He... | |
| Gilbert Childs - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2005 - 228 pages
...acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ', and in I Corinthians 2:7 of 'the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory'. He also reminded those early Christians of the necessary ethical standards demanded:... | |
| Daryl Allen - Religion - 2007 - 196 pages
...point, look at what Paul said about the enemy concerning our Lord Jesus: But we speak the of God wisdom in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not... | |
| Erik M. Heen, Philip D. W. Krey, Thomas C. Oden - Religion - 2005 - 326 pages
...shadow.8 And, speaking generally, we must investigate, according to the apostolic promise, "the wisdom in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world for the glory" of the righteous, which "none of the rulers of this world knew."9 And the same apostle... | |
| Thomas Keymer - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 298 pages
...Erasmus's, Rabelais's, Montaigne's, Swift's and Sterne's relentless satire on searchers after truth: "we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the...which God ordained before the world to our glory" (1 Cor. 2:7). We may be inclined to feel Walter's exasperation — after years of delving into the... | |
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