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;
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Study Note
The reminder that believers were 'ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot' grounds redemption in the contrast between perishable wealth and the infinite worth of Christ's atoning sacrifice. The 'lamb without blemish' language draws on the Passover lamb requirements (Exodus 12:5) and Isaiah 53:7, establishing the christological interpretation of Passover that John 1:29 and 1 Corinthians 5:7 also develop. The 'futile ways inherited from your forefathers' (mataias anastrophēs patrodopoaratou) refers to Gentile religious practice, placing the verse in a mission context where conversion involved break with ancestral religious tradition. The relational logic — 'you were ransomed with this price, therefore live according to its worth' — structures the ethical appeal of the whole letter.
ترجمات أخرى
knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
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,
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