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1 Peter 1:18

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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;

Forasmuch as ye know {G1492} that {G3754} ye were {G3084} not {G3756} redeemed {G3084} with corruptible things {G5349}, as silver {G694} and {G2228} gold {G5553}, from {G1537} your {G5216} vain {G3152} conversation {G391} received by tradition from your fathers {G3970};

You should be aware that the ransom paid to free you from the worthless way of life which your fathers passed on to you did not consist of anything perishable like silver or gold;

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,

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 6:20 (34 votes)

    For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:23 (22 votes)

    Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

  • Psalms 49:7 (21 votes)

    None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

  • Psalms 49:8 (21 votes)

    (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

  • Titus 2:14 (21 votes)

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Galatians 1:4 (16 votes)

    Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

  • Ephesians 4:17 (14 votes)

    ¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,