3 I was as nothing in myself, only conscious of my weakness, and full of deep reverence and fear,
4 yes, even of what I had to say, which could not express itself in clever words;
5 and so your faith was built not on any man's personal influence and wisdom, but on divine power and its demonstration.
6 Yet it is a wisdom that I speak, a deep and holy wisdom known to the perfect, unknown to the passing world of the flesh, and unknown to the powers that control that world, powers and influences which even now, are breaking up and vanishing.
7 This wisdom of God is spoken by me in a mystery. Unknown to the former generations of the world, it was to be our glory, our light, and God's fore-ordination of it preceded all other things.
8 Unknown too to all powers of the mortal state, for they crucified its Lord. Had they known this hidden delectable wisdom, would they have crucified him?
9 They knew it not, “for eye,” says the scripture, “hath not seen it, ear hath not heard it, the heart of mankind has not received the things that God makes ready for those that love Him.” (Isa. lxiv 4.)