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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4 additional translationsknowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
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,
having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.
- Author
- The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
- Date
- Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)