1 Peter 1:18
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
20 He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- KJV
- Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
- WEB
- knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
- ASV
- knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
- DARBY
- knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,
- BLB
- knowing that were you⁺ redeemed from your⁺ futile conduct handed down from [your] fathers, not with perishable things—with silver or with gold—
- ÅB
- for dere vet at dere ikke med forgjengelige ting, sølv eller gull, ble løskjøpt fra deres dårlige ferd, som var arvet fra fedrene,
- OTB
- og innse at dere ikke ble forløst med forgjengelige ting som sølv eller gull fra deres fåfengte livsførsel arvet fra deres forfedre,
- B1930
- for I vet at I ikke med forgjengelige ting, sølv eller gull, blev løskjøpt fra eders dårlige ferd, som var arvet fra fedrene,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:20
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Read in contextTitus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Read in contextPsalms 49:7–8
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
Read in contextGalatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Read in contextEphesians 4:17
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Read in contextRomans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
Read in context1 Peter 4:3
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
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