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1 Peter 1:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
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Quick Meaning
This verse turns to prophets who searched carefully concerning the grace directed toward the readers.
Read It With
- 1 Peter 1:3–12
Read 1 Peter 1:10 with 1:3–12. This verse turns to prophets who searched carefully concerning the grace directed toward the readers. The complete unit establishes this movement: God's mercy gives new birth into living hope through Jesus's resurrection and secures an inheritance while faith is tested in grief; prophets served this announced salvation, into which angels desire to look.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Before commands or social instructions, the letter grounds hope in God's mercy, resurrection, inheritance, guarding power, tested faith, and long-promised salvation. Within that movement, this verse turns to prophets who searched carefully concerning the grace directed toward the readers.
Read 1 Peter 1:3–12 together
Why these verses belong together: New birth, living hope, guarded inheritance, tested faith, unseen love, salvation, prophets, gospel, Spirit, and angels form the opening blessing.
Verse 3. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Verse 4. 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Verse 5. 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Verse 6. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Verse 7. 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Verse 8. 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Verse 9. 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Verse 10. 10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Verse 11. 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Verse 12. 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.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“inquired and searched diligently”
In plain language: The doubled language honors careful investigation within prophetic service.
Turns to prophets who searched carefully concerning the grace directed toward the readers. Prophetic witness involved inquiry and service, not effortless access to every implication.
Why it matters: The wording identifies this verse's distinct contribution to the complete unit.
How certain? probableWhat Remains True
Prophetic witness involved inquiry and service, not effortless access to every implication.
How It Can Shape Life
- Study prophecy with patience, context, and respect for its first audience.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Peter 1:3–12 — New Birth Gives Living Hope Through Tested FaithSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The verse does not portray Israel's prophets as ignorant props or their writings as meaningful only to later Christians.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Peter 1:3–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, repeated terms, and original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file 1Pet.txt, 1:3–12
Open the 1 Peter Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — 1 Peter with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level Greek, syntax, older-English wording, textual variants, and interpretive alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Peter PDF, 1:3–12 translation with attached translator, study, and textual notes
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