1 Peter 1:12

1 Peter 1:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
• New International Version (NIV)It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It was revealed to them that 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 by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.

Context of 1 Peter 1:12

10The prophets, who spoke about the grace that was to be yours, searched for this salvation and investigated carefully. 11They were trying to find out the time and circumstances the Ruach of Messiah within them was indicating, when predicting the sufferings in store for Messiah and the glories to follow. It was revealed to them that they were providing these messages not to themselves but to you. These messages have now been announced to you through those who proclaimed the Good News to you by the Ruach ha-Kodesh, sent from heaven. Even angels long to catch a glimpse of these things. 13So brace your minds for action. Keep your balance. And set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Yeshua the Messiah. 14Like obedient children, do not be shaped by the cravings you had formerly in your ignorance.

1 Peter 1:12 word by word

οἷς ἀπεκαλύφθη ὅτι οὐχ ἑαυτοῖς ὑμῖν δὲ διηκόνουν αὐτά, ἃ νῦν ἀνηγγέλη ὑμῖν διὰ τῶν εὐαγγελισαμένων ὑμᾶς ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ ἀποσταλέντι ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ, εἰς ἃ ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ἄγγελοι παρακύψαι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Unto whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• it was revealedἀποκαλύπτωapokaluptō · to revealG601
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• notοὐou · noG3756
• unto themselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• butδέde · thenG1161
• unto usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• they did ministerδιακονέωdiakoneō · to serveG1247
• the thingsαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• areἀναγγέλλωanaggellō · to reportG312
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• themὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that have preached the gospelεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• Ghostπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• sent downἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• desireἐπιθυμέωepithumeō · to long forG1937
• to lookπαρακύπτωparakuptō · to stoopG3879
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519

Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:12

• Isaiah 53:1‘Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed?
• Daniel 2:19During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven
• Daniel 10:1In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The oracle was true and concerns a great war. He understood the message and gained insight through a vision.
• Amos 3:7For the Lord Adonai, will do nothing, unless He has revealed His counsel to His servants the prophets.
• Matthew 11:25At that time Yeshua said in response, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and discerning and revealed them to infants.
• Matthew 16:17Yeshua said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven!
• Luke 2:26And it had been revealed to him by the Ruach ha-Kodesh that he would not die before he had seen the Anointed One of Adonai.
• Romans 1:17In it the righteousness of God is revealed, from trust to trust. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by emunah.”
• 1 Corinthians 2:10But God revealed these things to us through the Ruach. For the Ruach searches all things—even the depths of God.
• Galatians 1:12I did not receive it from any human, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Yeshua the Messiah.
• Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to put an end to transgression to bring sin to an end, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
• Daniel 12:9Then he said: “Go your way, Daniel. For the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith without receiving the things promised—but they saw them and welcomed them from afar, and they confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
• Mark 16:15He told them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.
• Luke 9:6So they went out and began traveling throughout the villages, proclaiming the Good News and healing everywhere.
• Acts 8:25So when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, proclaiming the Good News to many Samaritan villages.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Unto whom it was revealed - We may presume that, in a great variety of cases, the prophets did not understand the meaning of their own predictions. They had a general view of God's designs; but of particular circumstances, connected with those great events, they seem to have known nothing, God reserving the explanation of all particulars to the time of the issue of such prophecies. When they wished to find out the times, the seasons, and the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Unto whom it was revealed - They were not permitted to know fully the import of the predictions which they were made the instruments of communicating to mankind, but they understood that they were intended for the benefit of future ages. That not unto themselves - We are not to suppose that they derived no benefit from their own predictions; for, as far as they understood the truth, it was as much adapted to sanctify and comfort them as it is us now: but…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 Jesus Christ was the main subject of the prophets' studies. Their inquiry into the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow, would lead to a view of the whole gospel, the sum whereof is, That Christ Jesus was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification. God is pleased to answer our necessities rather than our requests. The doctrine of the prophets, and that of the apostles, exactly agree, as coming from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12long to look: The same Greek word is used of the disciples when they looked into the empty tomb of Jesus (Luke 24:12; John 20:5, 11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Not only was the future revealed to them, but this also, that these revelations of the future were given them not for themselves, but for our good in Gospel times. This, so far from disheartening, only quickened them in unselfishly testifying in the Spirit for the partial good of their own generation (only of believers), and for the full benefit of posterity. Contrast in Gospel times, Re 22:10. Not that their prophecies were unattended with spiritual…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 1:12

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Atonement
• Curiosity
• Holy Spirit
• Mysteries
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Holy Ghost
• Angel
• Conversation
• Fade
• Heaviness
• Holy
• Hope
• Look
• Respect
• Resurrection

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings