1 Corinthians 2:7-11 To the contrary, we habitually speak God's wisdom within the midst of a secret (or: we normally speak – in the form or realm of a mystery which only the initiated understand – the wisdom which is God): the wisdom having been hidden away and remaining concealed, which God before marked out and set its boundaries (or: previously designed) – before the ages – leading into our glory (our manifestation which calls forth praise; our good reputation),

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ To the contrary, we habitually speak God's wisdom within the midst of a secret (or: we normally speak – in [the form or realm of] a mystery which only the initiated understand – the wisdom which is God): the [wisdom] having been hidden away and remaining concealed, which God before marked out and set its boundaries (or: previously designed) – before the ages – [leading] into our glory (our manifestation which calls forth praise; our good reputation), ⁸ which [wisdom] not one of the rulers (leaders; chief people) of this age know (or: came to know) by intimate experience or insight. For if they knew, they would not likely have crucified the Owner of the glory (or: For if they know, they would not stake-execute the Lord of the manifestation which calls forth praise, and Who is the source of imagination). ⁹ But to the contrary, according as it has been and stands written, "Things which an eye has not seen and an ear does not hear, neither does it ascend (climb up) upon [the] heart of a human, so as to conceive – so many things God prepares and makes ready in, for and by the folks habitually loving Him." [Isa. 64:3; 52:15] ¹⁰ Yet [other MSS: For] God unveils [them] in us (reveals [them] to us; uncovers [them] for us; discloses [these] among us) through the spirit (or: the Spirit; the Breath-effect), for you see, the spirit (or: the Spirit; the Breath-effect; the Attitude) constantly and progressively searches, examines and investigates all mankind, and all things – even the depths of God! ¹¹ For who, of humanity (from mankind), has seen so as to know the things of the human (or: the [matters] pertaining to a person), except the spirit of the human (or: the person's spirit) – the one within the midst of him? So, too, no one (or: not one) experientially or intimately knows (or: came to know or have insight and exercise "gnosis" regarding) the things of God (God's matters), except the Spirit of God (or: God's spirit; the Breath-effect which is God).