12Unto 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.
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But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-12)The apostle having described the persons to whom he wrote, and declared to them the excellent advantages they were under, goes on to show them what warrant he had for what he had delivered; and because they were Jews, and had a profound veneration for the Old Testament, he produces the authority of the prophets to convince them that the doctrine of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ was no new doc…
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