1 Peter 1:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ knowing that you were redeemed from your futile behaviour inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or gold,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ You must know (recognize) that you were redeemed (ransomed) from the useless (fruitless) way of living inherited by tradition from [your] forefathers, not with corruptible things [such as] silver and gold,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Live in this way, knowing that you were not liberated by perishable things like silver or gold from the empty lifestyle you inherited from your ancestors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ 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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:

1 Peter 1:18 Cross References

Psalm 39:6

As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in oppression. And do not become vain in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

Isaiah 44:22

“I shall wipe out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I shall redeem you.”

Isaiah 52:3

For thus said יהוה, “You have been sold for naught, and you are redeemed not with silver.”

Jeremiah 16:19

O יהוה, my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the nations shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them.”

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it shall be said to this people and to Yerushalayim, “A scorching wind of the bare heights blows in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan or to cleanse.

Jeremiah 44:17

“But we shall do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the sovereigness of the heavens and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our sovereigns and our heads, in the cities of Yehuḏah and in the streets of Yerushalayim. And we had plenty of food, and were well-off, and saw no evil.

Jeremiah 9:14

but they have walked according to the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Ba‛als, which their fathers had taught them.”

Ezekiel 20:18

“And I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the laws of your fathers, nor observe their rulings, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Amos 2:4

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Yehuḏah, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they have rejected the Torah of יהוה, and did not guard His laws. And their lies after which their fathers walked lead them astray.

Numbers 7:15

one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, as an ascending offering;

Mark 8:37

“Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Romans 1:21

because, although they knew Elohim, they did not esteem Him as Elohim, nor gave thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their undiscerning heart was darkened.

1 Corinthians 3:20

and again, “יהוה knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are worthless.”

1 Corinthians 6:20

For you were bought with a price, therefore esteem Elohim in your body and in your spirit, which are of Elohim.

1 Corinthians 7:23

You were bought with a price, do not become slaves of men.

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself for our sins, to deliver us out of this present wicked age, according to the desire of our Elohim and Father,

Ephesians 4:17

So this I say, and witness in the Master, that you should no longer walk as the nations walk, in the futility of their mind,

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us, to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people, his own possession, ardent for good works.

Hebrews 9:12

entered into the Most Set-apart Place once for all, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood, having obtained everlasting redemption.

1 Peter 1:7

in order that the proving of your belief – much more precious than gold that perishes, and proven by fire – might be found to result in praise and respect and esteem at the revelation of יהושע Messiah,

1 Peter 4:3

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the desire of the nations, having walked in indecencies, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, wild parties, and abominable idolatries,

1 John 3:5

And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.