1 Corinthians 2:7 - Exposition

In a mystery; that is, "in a truth, once hidden, now revealed." The word is now used for what is dark and incomprehensible, but it has no such meaning in the New Testament, where it means "what was once secret, but has now been made manifest" ( Romans 16:25 ; Ephesians 3:4 , Ephesians 3:9 ; Colossians 1:26 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ). It implies the very reverse of any esoteric teaching. Hidden . It was "hidden from the wise and prudent, but revealed to babes" ( Matthew 11:25 ). Before the worlds; literally, before the ages; before time began. Unto our glory. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews clearly states that "the future age" is in God's counsels subjected, not to the angels, but to man. But "our glory" is that we are "called to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus" ( 1 Peter 5:10 ).