But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
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Ambrosiaster
AD 400
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.
