1 Peter 1:12
God showed the prophets that what they spoke of was not for their own benefit; they were serving you. Those same things have now been reported to you by the people who brought you the good news through the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven. Even angels long to bend down and look into these things.
Treated in 9 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites 1 Pet. i. 12
…earnestness to look into these things (the things of the wisdom of God in the gospel), 1 Pet. i. 12. It asks a man much wisdom to make a curious work, fabric, and building; but if one shall…
- Communion with God ·
How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites 1 Pet. i. 12
…unto God; for they do not only bow down and desire to look into the mystery of the cross, 1 Pet. i. 12, but worship and praise him always on this account: Rev. v. 11–14, “I heard the voice of…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 9 — Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Only Manifested Under the Gospel cites 1 Pet. 1:12
…them that have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven,” (1 Pet. 1:12). Not that the prophetical doctrine was useless to the ancient people, or unavailing to…
- At the Master's Feet ·
The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering cites 1 Pet. i.12
…it is beyond the powers of man’s mind, and even the angels desire to look into it (1 Pet. i.12). For before the creation they knew that God is Love, and yet it was to them a most…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites 1 Pet. 1:12
…them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;” [1 Pet. 1:12] viz., at the day of Pentecost, and so unto all generations, into the hearts of all true…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Scriptures cites I Pet 1:12
…the author of it, because the angels pry and search into the abyss of gospel mysteries, I Pet 1:12, which implies their nescience of some parts of Scripture; and sure they cannot be the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Justification cites I Pet 1:12
…admire the mystery of free grace in this new way of justifying and saving lost man, I Pet 1:12, and should not we, who are nearly concerned in it, and on whom the benefit is devolved…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
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…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
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…