1 Peter 1:12

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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 Spirit sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you. The old things which were done by the prophets and escape the observation of most, are now revealed to you by the evangelists. For to you, he says, they are manifested by the Holy Ghost, who was sent; that is the Paraclete, of whom the Lord said, If I go not away, He will not come. John 16:7 Unto whom, it is said, the angels desire to look; not the apostate angels, as most suspect, but, what is a divine truth, angels who desire to obtain the advantage of that perfection. By precious blood, he says,

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

Of ineffable and unutterable blessings, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of men; into which angels desire to look, and see what good things God hath prepared for the saints and the children who love Him."

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

The Holy Spirit being sent down from heaven, on whom the Angels desire to look. This place is differently expounded. Some refer these words, on whom the Angels desire to look, to Jesus Christ, who was named in the foregoing verse; some to the Holy Spirit, who, being one God with the Father and the Son, the Angels are happy in seeing and loving him. See Estius and the Greek text. (Witham)

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Irenaeus of Lyons

AD 202

Admirable sophists, and explorers of the sublimities of the unknown Father, and rehearsers of those super-celestial mysteries "which the angels desire to look into!". For He has brought Himself, and has bestowed on men those good things which were announced beforehand, which things the angels desired to look into. For there is the one Son, who accomplished His Father's will; and one human race also in which the mysteries of God are wrought, "which the angels desire to look into; "

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