1Cor 2:7-15, 2Cor 3:18, 4:4, 6, 5:16 | ESV | STEP | But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God , which God decreed before the ages for our glory .

y[See ver. 3 above]

z ver. 6; See Acts 26:18

aaSee ch. 3:18

ab Col. 1:15; [Phil. 2:6; Heb. 1:3]

ac Gen. 1:3

ad 2 Pet. 1:19

ae ver. 4

af[Gal. 2:6; Phil. 3:7, 8; Col. 2:11; 1 Tim. 5:21]

1 Corinthians 2:7-15

7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, ^awhich God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of ^bthe rulers of this age understood this, for ^cif they had, they would not have crucified ^dthe Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,

^e“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has ^fprepared ^gfor those who love him”—
10 these things ^hGod has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even ⁱthe depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts ^jexcept the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now ^kwe have received not ^lthe spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this ^min words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ⁿinterpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. ^{▼▼Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual}

14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^pfolly to him, and ^qhe is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The ^rspiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

2 Corinthians 3:18

18 And we all, with unveiled face, ^sbeholding ^tthe glory of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or reflecting the glory of the Lord} ^vare being transformed into the same image ^wfrom one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:4

4 In their case ^xthe god of this world ^yhas blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^zthe light of ^aathe gospel of the glory of Christ, ^abwho is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 4:6

6 For God, who said, ^ac“Let light shine out of darkness,” ^adhas shone in our hearts to give ^aethe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:16

16 From now on, therefore, ^afwe regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.