1 Peter 1:12

5. Angelic interest in the great salvation, 1 Peter 1:12.

Which things Namely, those once predicted and now preached. That the angels of God, of an order of beings different from and higher than men, earnestly desire to look into the work of redemption, marks it as of the highest excellence. The term look into signifies to bend forward in order to look more closely, or to see to the bottom. The facts of the wonderful story, from the promise in Eden to the exaltation to the right hand of God, they are familiar with. That they understand the philosophy of redemption does not admit of question. What they so closely scrutinize is, the practical working of the plan in actually accomplishing what it proposes and promises, in saving from sin and keeping them that believe. In this St. Peter agrees with St. Paul in Ephesians 3:10.