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1 Peter 1:18 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 1 · verse 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;1 Peter 1:18 · King James Version
1 Peter 1:18 in context
16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18Forasmuch 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;
19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
- Titus 2:14
- 1 Corinthians 7:23
- Psalms 49:7-8
- Galatians 1:4
- Ephesians 4:17
- Romans 1:21
- 1 Peter 1:7
Key words (Strong's)
- conversationanastrophēmanner of life, conduct, behaviour, deportmentG391 →
- redeemedlytroōto release on receipt of ransom, to redeem, liberate by payment of ransom, to liberate…G3084 →
- silverargyrionsilver, money, a silver coin, silver piece, a shekelG694 →
- knoweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- goldchrysiongold, both that which lies imbedded in the earth and is dug out of it, that which has…G5553 →
- vainmataiosdevoid of force, truth, success, result, useless, of no purposeG3152 →
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Here the apostle begins his exhortations to those whose glorious state he had before described, thereby instructing us that Christianity is a doctrine according to godliness, designed to make us not only wiser, but better. I. He exhorts them to sobriety and holiness. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-23