But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Ver. 7. Wisdom of God in a mystery] While God did not divide himself into a merciful Father and a just Judge (as Valerius speaketh of Zaleucus), but declared himself to be both a perfectly merciful Father, and withal a perfectly just Judge; which was such an act of wisdom as the world never heard of. This is that great mystery of godliness, 1 Timothy 3:16 .