<p>2:8- see on 1 Cor. 1:19.</p><p><i>Which not one of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory- </i>The rulers or princes of the world therefore referred specifically to the Roman-Jewish leaders who crucified the Lord. As noted on :6, those rulers were already 'coming to nothing' and would be condemned by the simple faith of illiterate Christians. Such talk of the overthrow of empire and ruling systems was criminal within the first century Roman empire. But Paul writes as he does, so important is the message of how simple faith shall gloriously triumph over all secular splendour.</p><p>Paul saw the naked, forsaken, mocked, bleeding, spittle covered body of Jesus as glorious. This was another inversion of all human values. And His glory is ours- for :7 has just mentioned that this mystery was foreordained for &quot;our glory&quot;. The Lord's glory is ours, and ours is His.</p>