1 Peter 1:12

The prophets were serving future generations, and the gospel preached to believers by the Spirit is so glorious that even angels long to look into it. Christians are privileged recipients of what prophets foretold and angels marvel at.

Cross-references · 40

• John 15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
• 1 Cor 2:10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
• Eph 3:10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
• 1 Pet 1:25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
• Heb 11:39–40And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
• Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Heb 4:2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
• Rev 5:11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
• 2 Cor 6:6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
• Rom 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• 2 Cor 1:22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
• Acts 2:33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
• Acts 2:17–18And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
• Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
• Dan 12:9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
• Dan 12:13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
• John 16:7–15Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
• Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Isa 44:3–5For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Acts 2:2–4And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
• Rom 10:15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
• 1 Th 1:5–6For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
• Zech 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
• Dan 2:28–29But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
• Gal 1:12For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Dan 2:47The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
• Rom 1:17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
• Matt 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
• Heb 2:4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
• Gal 1:16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
• Luke 15:10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
• Dan 2:22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
• Isa 11:2–6And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
• Matt 11:27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• Luke 9:6And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
• Isa 32:15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
• Dan 8:13Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
• Dan 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
• Prov 1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
• Dan 2:19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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