1 Corinthians 2:6-8
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Wisdom is not of the world, but is also heard mainly by those more grown in their faith. The world’s wisdom and its rulers literally do come to nothing for building us up, but God’s wisdom does - yet it must be shown to us by God Himself. He hid who the Messiah, the Christ, was through all history until He walked among us as Emmanuel. God kept this wisdom from before creation and time to give us by His Spirit as the Scriptures recorded until the time planned for had arrived. For if His wisdom and plan were revealed sooner, nobody would want to crucify Christ, and we would have no ransom, remaining dead in our sin. But the wisdom of God had a plan and executed it. It was for His glory and ours.
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