because you are receiving the goal of your[a] faith, the salvation of your souls.[b]

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets(A) who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated. 11 They inquired into what time or what circumstances[c] the Spirit of Christ(B) within them was indicating when He testified in advance(C) to the messianic sufferings[d](D) and the glories(E) that would follow.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:9 Other mss read our, or they omit the possessive pronoun
  2. 1 Peter 1:9 Or your lives
  3. 1 Peter 1:11 Or inquired about the person or time
  4. 1 Peter 1:11 Or the sufferings of Christ
  5. 1 Peter 1:11 Lit the glories after that

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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