1 Peter 1:18
“For as much as ye know that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as siluer and golde, from your vaine conuersation receiued by tradition from your fathers;”
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1 Peter 1:18 Context
16Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy. 17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons iudgeth according to euery mans worke, passe the time of your soiourning here in feare: 18For as much as ye know that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as siluer and golde, from your vaine conuersation receiued by tradition from your fathers; 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe without blemish and without spot, 20Who verily was foreordeined before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.
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Other Translations for 1 Peter 1:18
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;
- King James Version
knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
- Basic English Bible
knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,
- Darby Bible
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain course of life received by tradition from your fathers;
- Webster's Bible
knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers,
- Weymouth Bible
knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
- World English Bible
ethir siluer, ye ben bouyt ayen of youre veyn liuynge of fadris tradicioun,
- Wycliffe Bible
having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 1:18
1:18 Your vain conversation - Your foolish, sinful way of life.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 1:18
1Pe 1:18 Ye were not redeemed with . . . silver and gold. Gold or earthly wealth could never have wrought our redemption. From your vain conversation. Vain and profitless manner of life. [Received] by tradition from your fathers. This was true of Jewish Christians, but still more true of the heathen who had been converted.