1 Peter 1:18 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 Seeing ye know ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation delivered by tradition from your fathers, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers: |
Because knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
And ye are not your own: For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God with your body and your spirit, which are God's.
(that he might deliver us from the present evil world ) according to the will of God and our Father,
This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles, in the vanity of your mind:
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
not made with hands, that is, not of this building, And not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
That the trial of your faith, which is much more precious than gold, (that perisheth, tho' it be tried with fire) may be found unto praise, and honour, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
For the time past of your life sufficeth to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when ye walked in lasciviousness, evil desires, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.