ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 2 v7

IMPOSSIBLE IN HUMAN TERMS. AMBROSIASTER: Paul testifies that he has been sent to reveal a secret wisdom which the princes of this world do not know and which they therefore label stupid. The wisdom of God is hidden because it is not in words but in power. It is impossible in human terms, but it can be believed by the power of the Spirit. God foresaw the future sins of the world and therefore decreed this in order to confound those who would turn his wisdom into their own stupidity, and also to glorify us, who would believe it. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.4

FROM THE BEGINNING. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul is keen to point out that God always loved us, even from the very beginning, when we did not yet exist. For if he had not loved us, he would not have foreordained our riches. Look beyond the broken relationship which has come in between, and you will see that God’s love for us is more ancient still. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 7.4.5

THE WHOLE DISPENSATION. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: By wisdom Paul means the cross and the whole dispensation of salvation. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.6

NOT A RIDDLE. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul does not mean that he is now communicating in secrets and riddles but that the message he preaches was once hidden. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 175.7

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