1 CORINTHIANS 2:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
Rather, as it is written: 'What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived' — the things God has prepared for those who love him — the quotation blends Isaiah 64:4 and 52:15, describing God's eschatological promises. 'What no eye has seen... what no human mind has conceived' indicates salvation's transcendence of human categories and expectations. The cross, humanly foolish, reveals what finite minds cannot originate: God's love-motivated redemptive strategy.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 2:9
“But as it is written, Things which eye saw not and ear heard not, and which entered not into the heart of man, whatsoever things God prepared for them that love Him.” Where are these words written? Why, it is said to have been “written,” then also, when it is set down, not in words, but in actual events, as in the historical books ; or when the same meaning is expressed, but not in the very same words, as in this place: for the words, “They to whom it was not told about Him…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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