1 Peter 1:10
What does 1 Peter 1:10 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Peter 1:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What 1 Peter 1:10 means
This salvation was not an afterthought. The prophets “sought and searched diligently” into the grace that would come to Peter’s readers. They prophesied about it, yet longed to grasp its timing and contours. Their earnest inquiry shows the riches of the salvation now revealed. It is the same gracious plan, anticipated in earlier ages, that has reached its fulfillment in Christ. Believers thus stand within the stream of God’s redemptive history, recipients of what holy men desired to understand more fully. Their faith is confirmed by this continuity between prophetic promise and gospel fulfillment.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace to come in you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;
Context
Verse 10 looks back from the believers’ present experience of salvation (v. 9) to the prophets’ anticipation. Verses 11–12 will specify that the Spirit of Christ foretold the Messiah’s sufferings and glories and that this message is now preached by the Holy Spirit. This bridge from promise to fulfillment strengthens confidence during trials by showing God’s long-prepared plan.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 5:39
Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
- Acts 13:27
For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- Acts 3:22
Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me; to him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you.
- Proverbs 2:4
If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
- Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
- Daniel 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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