“And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear.”
in fear
“Fear” refers to the fear of awe. This is not personal cringing fear, nor a phobia. This is not anxiety but awesome regard for God. It is not […]
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“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
Peter adds a second argument for a holy life. The first argument is in verse 17: God has given us the privilege to call on the Father. Verses 18 and 19 give the […]
knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
that you were not redeemed
“Redeemed” means to release on receipt of ransom, free by paying a ransom. People of the first century would release captives solely on receipt of ransom.
“Redeemed” then signifies […]
I Peter 1: 18 “knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
that you were not redeemed
In the first century “redeemed” conveyed the idea to purchase from the marketplace of sin. God sets Christians free as captives enslaved to captors.
In the […]
“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
that you were not redeemed
Mark 10:45 sets forth the vicarious death of Christ for our sin, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to […]
“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
This verse asserts that God does not ransom by the vain manner of life of tradition. The death of Christ is the means or redemption (v.19).
with corruptible things
Jesus redeemed us by a […]
“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
like silver or gold
“Silver or gold” were the most precious earthly metals at the time of writing of 1 Peter. Gold was the most highly valued metal in the ancient world. Terms for […]
“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
from your aimless conduct
God not only redeems us from eternal death but from purposelessness. God’s redemption extends to our daily manner of life. If our conduct yields no result, our manner of […]
“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.
from your aimless conduct
There are two Greek words for “vain.” The word that does not occur in our passage means the absence of quality. This is the hollowness of anything. It is […]
“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.”
from your aimless conduct
“Conduct” means way of life, behavior. Paul uses this term of himself when he says, “you have heard of my conduct when I was still in Judaism,” (Galatians 1:13).God […]