1 Peter 1:18 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 1:18

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,

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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;

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;

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things - To redeem, λυτροω, signifies to procure life for a captive or liberty for a slave by paying a price, and the precious blood of Christ is here stated to be the price at which the souls of both Jews and Gentiles were redeemed; is was a price paid down, and a price which God’s righteousness required. Corruptible things mean here any thing that man usually gives in exchange for another; but the term necessarily includes all created things, as all these are corruptible and perishing.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Man is "sold under sin" as a slave; shut up under condemnation and the curse. The ransom was, therefore, paid to the righteously incensed Judge, and was accepted as a vicarious satisfaction for our sin by God, inasmuch as it was His own love as well as righteousness which appointed it.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰδότες	eidotes	knowing
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
φθαρτοῖς,	phthartois	by perishable things —	G5349 →
ἀργυρίῳ	arguriō	by silver	G694 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
χρυσίῳ,	chrusiō	by gold —	G5553 →
ἐλυτρώθητε	elutrōthēte	you were redeemed	G3084 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ματαίας	mataias	futile	G3152 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
ἀναστροφῆς	anastrophēs	manner of life	G391 →
πατροπαραδότου,	patroparadotou	handed down from [your] fathers,	G3970 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 6:20
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 7:23
  You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
- Romans 12:1
  Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Through
Titus 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.
leads to
- Revelation 5:9
  And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Through
Galatians 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,
leads to
- Matthew 20:28
  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Peter

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Peter