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And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. <a href="/esv/1_peter/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, <a href="/bsb/1_peter/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/blb/1_peter/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> knowing that you were redeemed from your futile manner of life handed down from your fathers, not by perishable things--by silver or by gold-- <a href="/kjv/1_peter/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/1_peter/1.htm">New King James Version</a> knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, <a href="/nasb_/1_peter/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, <a href="/nasb/1_peter/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, <a href="/nasb77/1_peter/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, <a href="/lsb/1_peter/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold from your futile conduct inherited from your forefathers, <a href="/amp/1_peter/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold, <a href="/csb/1_peter/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, <a href="/hcsb/1_peter/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, <a href="/asv/1_peter/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; <a href="/cev/1_peter/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You were rescued from the useless way of life you learned from your ancestors. But you know you were not rescued by such things as silver or gold that don't last forever. <a href="/erv/1_peter/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; <a href="/gwt/1_peter/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Realize that you weren't set free from the worthless life handed down to you from your ancestors by a payment of silver or gold which can be destroyed. <a href="/gnt/1_peter/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold; <a href="/isv/1_peter/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> For you know that it was not with perishable things like silver or gold that you have been ransomed from the worthless way of life handed down to you by your ancestors, <a href="/msb/1_peter/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/net/1_peter/1.htm">NET Bible</a> You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed--not by perishable things like silver or gold, <a href="/nheb/1_peter/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, <a href="/wbt/1_peter/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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; <a href="/wey/1_peter/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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, <a href="/web/1_peter/1.htm">World English Bible</a> knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_peter/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> having known that, not with corruptible things—silver or gold—were you redeemed from your foolish behavior inherited from our forefathers, <a href="/blb/1_peter/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> knowing that you were redeemed from your futile manner of life handed down from your fathers, not by perishable things--by silver or by gold-- <a href="/ylt/1_peter/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers, <a href="/slt/1_peter/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Knowing that not with corruptible things, silver and gold, were ye redeemed from your vain mode of life transmitted from your fathers.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_peter/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers: <a href="/cpdv/1_peter/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For you know that it was not with corruptible gold or silver that you were redeemed away from your useless behavior in the traditions of your fathers, <a href="/nabre/1_peter/1.htm">New American Bible</a> realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold <a href="/nrsvce/1_peter/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_peter/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Knowing that you have not been redeemed from your empty works which you have received from your fathers by corruptible silver and gold; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_peter/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> As you know that you were redeemed from your worthless works which you received from your fathers, not with silver which wears out, neither with gold,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_peter/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> because you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers, <a href="/godbey/1_peter/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold, <a href="/haweis/1_peter/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> knowing that ye have not been redeemed out of your vain manner of life, derived traditionally from your fathers, by the corruptible things, silver and gold, <a href="/mace/1_peter/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> considering, that it was not by such perishable things as silver or gold, that you were releas'd from those vain rites and customs impos'd upon you by your fathers, <a href="/wey/1_peter/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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, <a href="/worrell/1_peter/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> knowing that, not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain course of life handed down from your fathers; <a href="/worsley/1_peter/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain conversation learned by tradition from your fathers, not with corruptible things, as silver and gold; <a href="/parallel/1_peter/1-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9-AlUcaGE?start=175" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_peter/1.htm">A Call to Holiness</a> …17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. 18<a href="/greek/1492.htm" title="1492: eidotes (V-RPA-NMP) -- To know, remember, appreciate. ">For you know</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/5349.htm" title="5349: phthartois (Adj-DNP) -- Corruptible, perishable. From phtheiro; decayed, i.e. perishable.">it was not with perishable things</a> <a href="/greek/694.htm" title="694: argyriō (N-DNS) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling.">such as silver</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228: ē (Conj) -- Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.">or</a> <a href="/greek/5553.htm" title="5553: chrysiō (N-DNS) -- A piece of gold, golden ornament. Diminutive of chrusos; a golden article, i.e. Gold plating, ornament, or coin.">gold</a> <a href="/greek/3084.htm" title="3084: elytrōthēte (V-AIP-2P) -- To release on receipt of ransom; mid: I redeem, release by paying ransom, liberate. From lutron; to ransom.">that you were redeemed</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3152.htm" title="3152: mataias (Adj-GFS) -- Vain, unreal, ineffectual, unproductive; practically: godless. From the base of maten; empty, i.e. profitless, or, an idol.">empty</a> <a href="/greek/391.htm" title="391: anastrophēs (N-GFS) -- Dealing with other men, conduct, life, behavior, manner of life. From anastrepho; behavior.">way of life</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/3970.htm" title="3970: patroparadotou (Adj-GFS) -- Handed down by (from) one's ancestors, inherited. From pater and a derivative of paradidomi; traditionary.">inherited from your forefathers,</a> 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a> In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a> 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. <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> 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! <a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a> you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9</a> 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 tongue and people and nation. <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a> Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” <a href="/colossians/1-14.htm">Colossians 1:14</a> in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. <a href="/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24-25</a> and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. / God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. <a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a> 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.” <a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28</a> Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. <a href="/isaiah/52-3.htm">Isaiah 52:3</a> For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.” <a href="/psalms/49-7.htm">Psalm 49:7-8</a> No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. / For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a> Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a> For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a> But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;ye.<a href="/psalms/49-7.htm">Psalm 49:7,8</a> None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: … <a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a> For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.<a href="/1_corinthians/7-23.htm">1 Corinthians 7:23</a> Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.corruptible.<a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">1 Peter 1:7</a> That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:vain.<a href="/psalms/39-6.htm">Psalm 39:6</a> Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.<a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalm 62:10</a> Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.<a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Jeremiah 4:11</a> At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,received.<a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a> For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:<a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14</a> But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:<a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19</a> O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/13-2.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">Conversation</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">Corruptible</a> <a href="/james/3-6.htm">Course</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/james/4-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/james/1-27.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/james/2-20.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Forasmuch</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Free</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">Frivolous</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">Habits</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-20.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-17.htm">Inherited</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">Perishable</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/micah/6-4.htm">Ransomed</a> <a href="/james/5-7.htm">Received</a> <a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">Tradition</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-18.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/james/5-20.htm">Way</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">Conversation</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">Corruptible</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Course</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-15.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-1.htm">Forasmuch</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Free</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">Frivolous</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Habits</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-21.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-3.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/exodus/23-30.htm">Inherited</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">Perishable</a> <a href="/exodus/13-13.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Ransomed</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm">Received</a> <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/matthew/15-2.htm">Tradition</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-25.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">1 Peter 1</div>1. <a href="/1_peter/1-1.htm">Peter praises God for his manifold spiritual graces;</a> 10. <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">showing that the salvation in Christ the fulfillment of prophesy;</a> 13. <a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">and exhorts them accordingly to be holy.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient world, silver and gold were considered the most valuable and enduring materials. However, Peter contrasts these with the eternal value of Christ's sacrifice. The use of "perishable" highlights the temporary nature of earthly wealth compared to the eternal spiritual wealth in Christ. This echoes Jesus' teaching in <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a>, where He advises storing treasures in heaven rather than on earth. The early church would have understood this as a call to value spiritual over material wealth.that you were redeemed The concept of redemption is central to Christian theology, referring to the act of being bought back or liberated from bondage. In the Greco-Roman world, redemption often referred to the freeing of a slave through the payment of a ransom. This imagery would resonate with Peter's audience, illustrating the spiritual liberation from sin and death through Christ's sacrifice. The term "redeemed" connects to the Old Testament practice of redemption, such as the Passover lamb in <a href="/exodus/12.htm">Exodus 12</a>, which prefigures Christ as the ultimate sacrificial lamb.from the empty way of life This phrase critiques the futile and meaningless existence apart from God. The "empty way of life" refers to a life lived without the knowledge and purpose found in Christ. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon describes life as "meaningless" without God, which aligns with Peter's description here. The emptiness contrasts with the fullness of life promised in <a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a>, where Jesus speaks of giving life abundantly. This highlights the transformation that occurs through redemption, moving from emptiness to purpose.you inherited from your forefathers Peter addresses the traditions and beliefs passed down through generations, which, without Christ, are deemed insufficient for salvation. This reflects the Jewish context of the audience, who may have relied on the law and traditions for righteousness. Jesus often confronted the Pharisees about their adherence to human traditions over God's commandments (<a href="/mark/7-8.htm">Mark 7:8-9</a>). The phrase also speaks to the universal human condition of inheriting sin and the need for a new birth, as described in <a href="/john/3-3.htm">John 3:3-7</a>. This inheritance is contrasted with the new identity and inheritance believers receive in Christ, as mentioned in <a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">1 Peter 1:4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle of Jesus Christ, traditionally believed to be the author of this epistle. He writes to encourage and instruct believers in their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/r/recipients_of_the_epistle.htm">Recipients of the Epistle</a> The letter is addressed to the "elect exiles" scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, regions in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). 3. <a href="/topical/f/forefathers.htm">Forefathers</a> Refers to the ancestors of the recipients, likely indicating the Jewish heritage and traditions, or possibly the pagan traditions of Gentile converts. 4. <a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a> A central theme in this verse, referring to the act of being saved or liberated from sin and its consequences. 5. <a href="/topical/s/silver_and_gold.htm">Silver and Gold</a> Symbolic of worldly wealth and material possessions, which are described as "perishable" in contrast to the eternal value of Christ's sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_redemption.htm">Understanding Redemption</a> Redemption is a divine act, not achieved through human means or material wealth. It is important to recognize the spiritual nature of our salvation. <a href="/topical/v/value_of_christ's_sacrifice.htm">Value of Christ's Sacrifice</a> The sacrifice of Christ is of immeasurable worth, far surpassing any earthly treasures. Believers should hold this truth at the center of their faith. <a href="/topical/r/rejecting_empty_traditions.htm">Rejecting Empty Traditions</a> The "empty way of life" refers to traditions and practices that do not lead to true spiritual fulfillment. Christians are called to live in the freedom and purpose found in Christ. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> Material wealth is temporary and perishable. Believers are encouraged to focus on eternal values and the imperishable inheritance in Christ. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_redeemed_people.htm">Living as Redeemed People</a> Our redemption should influence our daily lives, leading us to live in a way that reflects our new identity in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_peter_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Peter 1</a> <a href="/q/what_does_god_desire_from_me.htm">What does God desire from me?</a> <a href="/q/is_jesus_the_lamb_of_god.htm">Is Jesus the Lamb of God?</a> <a href="/q/your_sole_comfort_in_life_and_death.htm">What is your only comfort in life and death?</a> <a href="/q/does_1_peter_4_8_conflict_with_salvation_texts.htm">Does (1 Peter 4:8) saying “love covers a multitude of sins” conflict with other texts that emphasize salvation only through Christ’s atonement? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_peter/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Forasmuch as ye know.--This correctly paraphrases the simple original knowing. Security, which is the opposite of the fear of the Father, is incompatible with knowing by whose and what anguish alone the inheritance could be purchased for us.Corruptible things.--St. Peter's contempt for "silver and gold" is shown early in his history (<a href="/acts/3-6.htm" title="Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.">Acts 3:6</a>; comp. <a href="/1_peter/3-4.htm" title="But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.">1Peter 3:4</a>). Gold and silver will come to an end with everything else that is material. Observe that, by contrast, the "blood of Christ" is implied to be not corruptible; and that, not because of the miraculous incorruption of Jesus Christ's flesh, but because the "blood of Christ" of which the Apostle here speaks is not material. The natural blood of Jesus was only the sign and sacrament of that by which He truly and inwardly redeemed the world. (See <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm" title="Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.">Isaiah 53:12</a>, "He poured out His soul unto death," and <a href="/context/hebrews/10-9.htm" title="Then said he, See, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.">Hebrews 10:9-10</a>.)Redeemed . . . from your vain conversation.--We have to notice (1) what the "redemption" means, and (2) what the readers were redeemed from. Now (1) the word "redeem" is the same which is used in <a href="/luke/24-21.htm" title="But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.">Luke 24:21</a> ("We used to hope that He was the person destined to redeem Israel"), and in <a href="/titus/2-14.htm" title="Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.">Titus 2:14</a> ("Gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity"), and nowhere else. The substantive appears in <a href="/luke/1-68.htm" title="Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people,">Luke 1:68</a>; <a href="/luke/2-38.htm" title="And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.">Luke 2:38</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm" title="Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.">Hebrews 9:12</a>, to represent the action of redeeming; and in <a href="/acts/7-35.htm" title="This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.">Acts 7:35</a>, of Moses, to represent the person who effects such a redemption. Properly it means to ransom a person, to get them out of slavery or captivity by paying a ransom (<a href="/matthew/20-28.htm" title="Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.">Matthew 20:28</a>; <a href="/mark/10-45.htm" title="For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.">Mark 10:45</a>; comp. <a href="/1_timothy/2-6.htm" title="Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.">1Timothy 2:6</a>). The notion of an actual ransom paid, however, was apt to slip away, as in the case of Moses just quoted, who certainly gave nothing of the nature of an equivalent to Pharaoh for the loss of his serfs. So that here, as in all passages relating to the Atonement, we must be very careful not to press the metaphor, or to consider it as more than a metaphor. The leading notion here is not that of paying an equivalent, but to call closer attention to the state in which the readers were before. It was a servitude like that of Egypt, or a captivity like that of Babylon, from which they needed a "ransomer" like Moses or Zerubbabel. What then was that condition? (2) St. Peter describes it as a "vain conversation traditional from the fathers." The word "conversation" again catches up <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm" title="But as he which has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation;">1Peter 1:15</a>; <a href="/1_peter/1-17.htm" title="And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:">1Peter 1:17</a>, "be holy in your conduct; let it be a conduct of fear; for your old vain conduct needed a terrible ransom before you could be set at liberty from it." The question is, whether a Gentile or Jewish mode of life is intended. If it meant merely as regards religious worship, it would suit either way, for it was of the essence of Roman state "religion" that it should be the same from generation to generation. (See <a href="/acts/24-14.htm" title="But this I confess to you, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:">Acts 24:14</a>.) But "conversation" or "manner of life" is far too wide a word to be thus limited, and at the same time the word "tradition" implies (in the New Testament) something sedulously taught, purposely handed down from father to son as an heirloom, so that it could not be applied to the careless, sensual life of Gentiles, learned by example only. On the other hand, among the Jews "tradition" entered into the minutest details of daily life or "conversation." (See <a href="/context/mark/7-3.htm" title="For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.">Mark 7:3-4</a>--the Petrine Gospel.) It was a matter of serious "tradition" how a cup was to be washed. "Vain" (i.e., frivolous) seems not an unnatural epithet to apply to such a mode of life, especially to one who had heard <a href="/mark/7-7.htm" title="However, in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.">Mark 7:7</a>. It would seem, then, that the readers of this Letter were certainly Jews by birth. But would the Apostle of the Circumcision, the supposed head of the legal party in the Church, dare to call Judaism a "vain conversation," to stigmatise it (the single compound adjective in the Greek has a contemptuous ring) as "imposed by tradition of the fathers," and to imply that it was like an Egyptian bondage? We have only to turn to <a href="/acts/15-10.htm" title="Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?">Acts 15:10</a>, and we find him uttering precisely the same sentiments, and calling Judaism a slavish "yoke," which was not only so bad for Gentiles that to impose it upon them was to tempt God, but also was secretly or openly felt intolerable by himself, by all the Jews there present, and even by the fathers who had imposed it. Judaism itself, then, in the form it had then assumed, was one of the foes and oppressors from which Christ came to "ransom" and "save" His people. (See Notes on <a href="/context/1_peter/1-9.htm" title="Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.">1Peter 1:9-10</a>, and comp. <a href="/acts/13-39.htm" title="And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.">Acts 13:39</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_peter/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Forasmuch as ye know; literally, knowing, considering. That ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. The order in the original gives mere emphasis: "That not with corruptible things, silver and gold, were ye redeemed." Afford notes here that the diminutives (ἀργυρίῳ ἤ χρυσίῳ) stand generally (not always) for the coined or wrought metal. The word ἐλυτρώθητε, "ye were ransomed," seems to point back to the great saying of our Lord, "The Son of man came... to give his life a ransom for many (λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν)" (<a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a>; <a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a>; comp. <a href="/1_timothy/2-6.htm">1 Timothy 2:6</a>). Doubtless no human language can adequately express the mystery of the atonement. That stupendous fact transcends human reason, and cannot be exactly defined in human words. But the Lord himself describes it as a ransom" a ransom for many," given in their stead. Reverence keeps us from pressing the illustration in all its details. It may be that the correspondence between the atonement and the redemption of a slave from an earthly master is not exact in all points. But the illustration comes from the Lord himself, who is the Truth; it must be true as far as human language permits, as far as human reason can comprehend. It teaches, as plainly as words can express, the doctrine of vicarious satisfaction: he gave his life, not only in behalf of us, but also instead of us - a ransom for our sins. Compare the use of the word ἀγοράζειν (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a>), "Ye are bought with a price;" and (<a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a>), "The Lord that bought them;" also ἐξαγοράζειν (<a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>), "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law." From your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; literally, out of your vain manner of life or conduct. The word here rendered '" vain ' is used of idolatry in <a href="/acts/14-15.htm">Acts 14:15</a>, and also the corresponding verb in <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a>. St. Peter seems to be thinking mainly of Gentile Christians; he would scarcely describe the sinful conversation of Israelites as "handed down from your fathers" (Revised Version) without some qualification. Habits are transmitted from fathers to children; habitual custom is made an excuse for many shortcomings, but "unus Pater imitandus" (Bengel). <a href="/commentaries/1_peter/1-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[For] you know εἰδότες (eidotes) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1492.htm">Strong's 1492: </a> To know, remember, appreciate. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. it was not with perishable things φθαρτοῖς (phthartois) Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5349.htm">Strong's 5349: </a> Corruptible, perishable. From phtheiro; decayed, i.e. perishable. [such as] silver ἀργυρίῳ (argyriō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_694.htm">Strong's 694: </a> Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2228.htm">Strong's 2228: </a> Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. gold χρυσίῳ (chrysiō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5553.htm">Strong's 5553: </a> A piece of gold, golden ornament. Diminutive of chrusos; a golden article, i.e. Gold plating, ornament, or coin. that you were redeemed ἐλυτρώθητε (elytrōthēte) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3084.htm">Strong's 3084: </a> To release on receipt of ransom; mid: I redeem, release by paying ransom, liberate. From lutron; to ransom. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. empty ματαίας (mataias) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3152.htm">Strong's 3152: </a> Vain, unreal, ineffectual, unproductive; practically: godless. From the base of maten; empty, i.e. profitless, or, an idol. way of life ἀναστροφῆς (anastrophēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_391.htm">Strong's 391: </a> Dealing with other men, conduct, life, behavior, manner of life. From anastrepho; behavior. you ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. inherited from your forefathers, πατροπαραδότου (patroparadotou) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3970.htm">Strong's 3970: </a> Handed down by (from) one's ancestors, inherited. 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