1 PETER 1:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.”
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 — the revelation to the prophets that their ministry served a future audience (hymas, you) establishes discontinuity and continuity between Old and New Testaments. The 'things now announced' (nun anangelthenta) through gospel preachers represent the fulfillment of prophetic vision. The assertion that angels themselves 'desire to look into' (epithymeō katanoēsai) salvation shows its surpassing importance.
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