| NETBible | Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory. |
| NIV © |
No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. |
| NASB © |
but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; |
| NLT © |
No, the wisdom we speak of is the secret wisdom of God, which was hidden in former times, though he made it for our benefit before the world began. |
| MSG © |
God's wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don't find it lying around on the surface. It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest--what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. |
| BBE © |
But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory; |
| NRSV © |
But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. |
| NKJV © |
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, |
| KJV | But <235> we speak <2980> (5719) the wisdom <4678> of God <2316> in <1722> a mystery <3466>_, [even] the hidden <613> (5772) [wisdom], which <3739> God <2316> ordained <4309> (5656) before <4253> the world <165> unto <1519> our <2257> glory <1391>_: |
| NASB © |
but we speak <2980> God's <2316> wisdom <4678> in a mystery <3466> , the hidden <613> wisdom which <3739> God <2316> predestined <4309> before <4253> the ages <165> to our glory ;<1391> |
| NET [draft] ITL | Instead <235> we speak <2980> the wisdom <4678> of God <2316> , hidden <613> in <1722> a mystery <3466> , that <3739> God <2316> determined <4309> before <4253> the ages <165> for <1519> our <2257> glory .<1391> |
| GREEK | alla laloumen sofian en musthriw thn apokekrummenhn prowrisen yeov pro twn aiwnwn eiv doxan hmwn |