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1 Peter 1:9-11
Expanded Bible
1 Peter 1:9-11
Expanded Bible
9 ·And you are receiving [or …because you are receiving] the ·goal [outcome; purpose] of your faith—the salvation of your souls.
10 The prophets [C of the Old Testament] searched carefully and ·tried to learn [diligently inquired/investigated] about this salvation. They prophesied about the grace that was coming to you. 11 The Spirit of Christ was in the prophets, ·telling [witnessing; testifying] in advance about the sufferings of Christ and about the glory that would follow those sufferings [Luke 24:25–27, 45–49]. The prophets ·tried to learn [inquired; investigated] about what the Spirit was showing them, ·when those things would happen, and what the world would be like at that time [about the circumstances and time; or about the person and time].
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1 Peter 1:9-11
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1 Peter 1:9-11
New International Version
9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.(A)
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke(B) of the grace that was to come to you,(C) searched intently and with the greatest care,(D) 11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ(E) in them was pointing when he predicted(F) the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.
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