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1 Peter 1:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
And 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:
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;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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1 Peter 1:1
"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,"
1 Peter 1:2
"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."
1 Peter 1:3
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten ➔ us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,"
1 Peter 1:4
"To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,"
1 Peter 1:5
"Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
1 Peter 1:6
"Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:"
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