What does Paul say in 1 Corinthians 2:7?
Paul writes that he and others speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a secret, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world for our glory. This was God's foreknowledge, hidden from the nation but revealed to the few who understood.
Les teaches that in 1 Corinthians 2:7, Paul is writing to the Gentile congregation at Corinth and says, "We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, or in a secret, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world under our glory." Les explains this as the foreknowledge of God. He connects it to the pattern seen in Joseph and Jesus: both were rejected and unrecognized by their brethren. The nation as a whole never understood who Jesus was, though a few did. Les then moves to verse 8, which none.
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: