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worldly wisdom in antiquity. — a idmv, the ages [of the world]) in the plural. The antithesis to it is, of this world , ver. 6. — e ig, unto) that it may be our glory ; comp, the following verse, and glorying , i. 31. — do%av) glory , from the Lord of glory; ver. 8, afterwards to be revealed, at the time when the princes of the world shall come to nought . It is an antithesis to, mystery.
8. *'Hv, which) a reference to wisdom. — ovdsig ruv dpyfvrm — syvwxev, none of the princes — knew) none , almost none, nay, none at all, as [qua] a prince. The antithesis to this predicate is in the hut ver. 9 ; to the subject, in the hut ver. 10. — r'ov Kvpiov , the Lord) who surpasses all princes. — sffruvpuffav) The cross , the punishment of slaves. It was with this the Lord of glory was slain.
9. ’AXXd, hut) viz. it has happened , comp. Rom. xv. 3, 21, and 1 Cor. i. 31. — xaQdg, as) He shows that the princes of the world knew not wisdom. — a 6<pQuXfibg) Isa. lxiv. 4, in the Lxx., drro rov uiuvog ovx rjxovtia/xiv, ovds oi opda^ol Tifiuv sidov &s'ov rrXij v tf ov, xai rd spya <rou, a KoiTjtfcig roTg vko/Jjzvovoiv sXsog. (£ Since the beginning we have not heard, nor have our eyes seen any god besides Thee and Thy works, which Thou wilt do to them that wait for mercy.” — «, which) what eye hath not seen are those things, which God hath prepared. — o<pdaX[jjbg, olg, the eye, the ear) of man. — ovx uvsfir)) neither have ascended [ entered Q, that is, have not come into the mind. — ^ro/^ao-sv, prepared ) Hebr. n^jr, he will do ; what was future in the time of Isaiah, had been actually accomplished in the time of Paul. Hence the one was speaking to them that were waiting for Him [Isa. lxiv. 4], the other to men that love [Him, who has appeared, 1 John iv. 19] : comp, things that are freely given , ver. 12, by the grace of the New Testament, the fruits of which are perfected in eternity. — [Rom. viii. 28 ; James ii. 5.]
10. * H/x?v) to us, apostles. — dvrszuXuyjs s, hath revealed) an an- tithesis to, hidden [ wisdom , ver. 7]. Comp. Isa. xlv. 19, 15 ; Ps. li. 8, and again Luke x. 21. — <rdvru, all things) ver. 9. — rd (3ddyj, the deep things) very much hidden, Ps. xcii. 6 ; not merely those things, which believers search out, ver. 9 [10] and 12, in both at the end. The deep things of God, even of His divine nature, as well as of His kingdom.
11. Tig ydp oid ev dv6pd-ruv rd rov dvQpdvov ; For who among men
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