1 Peter 1:18 - English Majority Text Version knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your futile way of life handed down from your forefathers, Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, or give thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
and again, "The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are useless."
For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
who gave Himself for our sins, so that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself a people as His own possession, zealous for good works.
Not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.
so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, though being tested with fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime to accomplish the will of the Gentiles--having walked in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
And you know that He appeared that He might take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.