What does 1 Peter 1:18 say we were redeemed with?
According to 1 Peter 1:18, believers were not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold, inherited from vain tradition, but with the precious blood of Christ. The passage emphasizes that redemption's price was Christ's shed blood, not earthly wealth.
Les explains that 1 Peter 1:18 contrasts corruptible things like silver and gold and the vain conversation received by tradition from the fathers with the precious blood of Christ. Peter, writing long after his earthly ministry with Christ and after Paul's revelations were made known to him, states plainly that believers were redeemed, bought, and paid for by the blood of Christ. Les stresses that the blood cannot be left out or bypassed, because redemption was paid by His shed blood. This connects with justification: believers are declared just as if they never sinned because God's grace was poured out on the undeserving, and His shed blood paid the price of redemption.
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;