1 Peter 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² It was then disclosed to them that the services they were rendering were not meant for themselves and their period of time, but for you. [It is these very] things which have now already been made known plainly to you by those who preached the good news (the Gospel) to you by the [same] Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Into these things [the very] angels long to look!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Common English Bible

¹² It was revealed to them that in their search they were not serving themselves but you. These things, which even angels long to examine, have now been proclaimed to you by those who brought you the good news. They did this in the power of the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.

1 Peter 1:12 Cross References

Exodus 25:20

The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the cover with their wings. They shall face one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned toward the cover.

Proverbs 1:23

Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.

Isaiah 32:15

until a spirit from on high is poured out on us, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Daniel 10:1

In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. The word was true, and it concerned a great conflict. He understood the word, having received understanding in the vision.

Daniel 12:13

But you, go your way, and rest; you shall rise for your reward at the end of the days.”

Daniel 12:9

He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are to remain secret and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 2:19

Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Daniel 2:22

He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.

Daniel 2:47

The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery!”

Daniel 8:13

Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, “For how long is this vision concerning the regular burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled?”

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks are decreed for 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.

Joel 2:28

Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Amos 3:7

Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that, when they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstborn.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;

Matthew 11:27

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.

Mark 16:15

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 2:26

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

Luke 9:6

So they departed and went through the villages, bringing the good news and curing diseases everywhere.

John 15:26

“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.

Acts 10:44

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.

Acts 16:10

When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

Acts 2:33

Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you see and hear.

Acts 4:31

When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Acts 4:8

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

Acts 8:25

Now after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.

Romans 1:15

hence my eagerness to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

Romans 1:17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith, as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 10:15

And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Romans 15:19

by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:10

God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

2 Corinthians 1:22

who has put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

2 Corinthians 6:6

in purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love,

Galatians 1:12

for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 1:16

to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,

Ephesians 3:10

so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.

Hebrews 11:13

All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,

Hebrews 2:4

while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.

Hebrews 4:2

For indeed the good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord endures forever.” That word is the good news that was announced to you.

1 Peter 4:6

For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does.

Revelation 5:11

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,