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Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,(A) as you attain the goal of [your] faith, the salvation of your souls.

10 [a]Concerning this salvation, prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and investigated it,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:10–12 The Spirit of Christ (1 Pt 1:11) is here shown to have been present in the prophets, moving them to search, investigate, and prophesy about the grace of salvation that was to come (1 Pt 1:10), and in the apostles impelling them to preach the fulfillment of salvation in the message of Christ’s sufferings and glory (1 Pt 1:12).