¹⁸Forasmuch as ye know that ^tye were not redeemed ^uwith corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain ⁿconversation ^vreceived by tradition from your fathers; ¹⁹But ^wwith the precious blood of Christ, as of ^xa lamb ^ywithout blemish and without spot: ²⁰^zWho verily was foreordained ^abefore the foundation of the world, but was manifest ^bin these last times for you, ²¹^cWho by him do believe in God, ^dthat raised him up from the dead, and ^egave him glory; ^fthat your faith and hope might be in God.

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1 Peter 1:18–19: …you 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.

Footnotes

tSee Rom. 3:24.
uSo Rom. 8:21. See 1 Cor. 6:20.
nver. 18. See Gal. 1:13.
wSee Acts 20:28. Also Matt. 20:28.
xSee John 1:29. So 1 Cor. 5:7.
zSo Acts 2:23. Rom. 3:25. Eph. 3:11. 2 Tim. 1:10. Comp. Rev. 13:8.
a John 17:24. So Eph. 1:4.
bSee Heb. 1:2. Comp. 2 Tim. 1:9. Tit. 1:2.
cSo John 12:44.
dSee Acts 2:24.
e Heb. 2:9. See Acts 3:13. So Phil. 2:9. ch. 3:22.
fSee Rom. 4:25.

Cross references

v Ezek. 20:18. Gal. 3:13. & 4:5.
y Heb. 9:14.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

knowing that you 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. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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 handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

NLTNew Living Translation

For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.

Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because you know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has been revealed in these last times for you who through him are believing in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.