1 Peter 1:11
Context1:11 They probed 1 into what person or time 2 the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ 3 and his subsequent glory. 4
1 Peter 2:20
Context2:20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God. 5


[1:11] 1 tn Grk “probing.” The participle continues the sentence from v. 10 but has been translated as an indicative for English style.
[1:11] 2 tn Or “time or circumstances,” focusing not on the person but on the timing and circumstances of the fulfillment.
[1:11] 3 tn Grk “the sufferings unto Christ,” i.e., sufferings directed toward him, what he was destined to suffer.
[1:11] 4 tn Grk “the glories after these things.”
[2:20] 5 tn Grk “For this [is] favor/grace with God,” used as a metonymy as in vs. 19 of that which pleases him, which he looks on with favor (cf. BDAG 1079 s.v. χάρις 2).