1 Peter 1:18
Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19but by precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted--of Christ,
Cross References
Psalms 39:6Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.
Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart [on it].
Jeremiah 9:14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.
Jeremiah 44:17But we will certainly perform every word that has gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our rulers, in the ci
Amos 2:4Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have rejected the law of LORD, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, accord
Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24
Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →