1 Peter 1:11

They tried to learn what time, and what sort of time, was being shown to them by the Spirit of Christ who was in them, as the Spirit told beforehand of the sufferings in store for Christ and the glories to come after them.
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    Sections 22-24 cites 1 Peter 1:11

    …glorified? (John 7:39.) “(2.) Was that ‘glory which followed the sufferings of Christ,’ (1 Peter 1:11,) an external glory, or an internal, viz., the glory of holiness? “(3.) Has God anywhere…

  2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 13 — The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World cites 1 Pet. 1:11

    …with God, and by which all oracles and prophecies were inspired. For, as Peter testifies (1 Pet. 1:11), the ancient prophets spake by the Spirit of Christ just as did the apostles, and all…

  3. The Way Into the Holiest · F. B. Meyer

    The Word of God cites 1 Pet. i. 11

    …the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify" (2 Tim. iii. 16 ; 2 Pet. i. 20, 21 ; 1 Pet. i. 11). We need not deny that other men have been illuminated; but the difference between…

  4. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Christ Is All cites 1 Peter i. 11

    …They sometimes dwelt on His sufferings, and sometimes on His glory that should follow. (1 Peter i. 11.) They did not always mark out for us the distinction between Christ’s first coming and…

  5. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Inspiration, or to What Extent Is the Bible Inspired of God? cites 1 Pet. 1:10-12

    …search and inquiry to their own mind as to its meaning. This comes out very plainly in 1 Pet. 1:10-12, "Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied…

  6. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Work of the Holy Spirit in Prophets and Apostles cites 1 Peter 1:10-12

    …of inquiry to their mind as to its meaning. It was not their thought, but His. We read in 1 Peter 1:10-12, “Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be…

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