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knowingεἰδότεςthatὅτιyou were redeemedἐλυτρώθητεnotοὐwith perishable things,φθαρτοῖςsilverἀργυρίῳorἢgold,χρυσίῳfromἐκyourὑμῶνfutileτῆς ματαίαςconductἀναστροφῆςinherited from your fathers,πατροπαραδότου
1 Peter 1:18
Study it in the app“knowing that you were redeemed not with perishable things, silver or gold, from your futile conduct inherited from your fathers,”
We were ransomed with something more precious than silver or goldGrace
With the Greek beneath
1 Peter 1:18, word by word
- knowingεἰδότεςeidotes
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidotes” appears- you were redeemedἐλυτρώθητεelytrōthēte
redeem
Redeem, set free by paying a ransom.
Where else “elytrōthēte” appears- with perishable thingsφθαρτοῖςphthartois
perishable
Perishable, corruptible: what decays and dies.
Where else “phthartois” appears- silverἀργυρίῳargyriōi
silver
The precious white metal, weighed out to pay.
Where else “argyriōi” appears- goldχρυσίῳchrysiōi
gold
Gold; something made of gold, a gold coin.
Where else “chrysiōi” appears- futileματαίαςmataias
worthless, futile
Vain, futile, worthless.
Where else “mataias” appears- conductἀναστροφῆςanastrophēs
conduct, way of life
Conduct, the way one lives day by day.
Where else “anastrophēs” appears- inherited from your fathersπατροπαραδότουpatroparadotou
inherited from ancestors
Inherited from one's ancestors, handed down by tradition.
Where else “patroparadotou” appears
The context
17And if you call on as Father the one who judges without partiality according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your pilgrimage,
18 · This verse (above)
19but with the precious blood of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect and unstained,