1 Peter 1:10-12

Born Again to a Living Hope

10 Concerning this salvation, x the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring y what person or time z the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating a when he predicted b the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 c It was revealed to them that d they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you e by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, f things into which angels long to look.

  1. Cross References
    2 Peter 1:19
    And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
    Daniel 8:15
    When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
    Matthew 13:17
    For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
    Luke 10:24
    For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
  2. Cross References
    Daniel 9:24 - 26
    Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
  3. Cross References
    Romans 8:9
    You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
    2 Peter 1:21
    For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
    Acts 16:7
    And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 26:24
    The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12
    Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
    Luke 24:26
    Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?
    Acts 3:18
    But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
  6. Cross References
    Daniel 12:4
    But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.
    Daniel 12:9
    He said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
    Daniel 12:13
    But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 13:17
    For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
    Hebrews 11:39 - 40
    And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised.
  8. Cross References
    Acts 2:2 - 4
    And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
  9. Cross References
    Daniel 8:13
    Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, "For how long is the vision concerning the regular burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled underfoot?
    Daniel 12:5 - 7
    Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.
    Ephesians 3:10
    So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
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