inquiring what things, and what time, the Spirit of Christ that was in them did signify, when it testified, before hand, the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them;

to whom it was revealed, that, not for themselves, but for us, they ministered the things that are now preached to you by those who have made known to you the gospel, through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; into which things angels desire to look.

who was indeed foreordained before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,

He did no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth.

When he was reviled, he did not revile again; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

who formerly were disobedient, when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls, were brought in safety through the water;