1 Peter 1:3-12 - A New Birth To A Living Hope

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a life of hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ born to an unscathed, inviolate, unfading inheritance; it is kept in heaven for you, ⁵ and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour. ⁶ You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials; ⁷ that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ⁸ You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy ⁹ to obtain the outcome of your faith in the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰ Even prophets have searched and inquired about that salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was meant for you; ¹¹ the Spirit of messiah within them foretold all the suffering of messiah and his after-glory, and they pondered when or how this was to come; ¹² to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!