What are believers redeemed with according to 1 Peter 1:18-19?
According to 1 Peter 1:18-19, believers are not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold, or from their vain conversation received by tradition from the fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Les teaches that even Peter, though he follows Paul in his epistles, agrees 100% with Paul in theology in 1 Peter 1:18-19. He explains that believers are not redeemed with corruptible things of silver and gold from their vain conversation received by tradition from the fathers, but are redeemed with the precious blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot. Les ties this to the absolute that almost all things are by law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission, and to Revelation 5:9, where the worthy One redeemed us to God by His blood. He also notes Christ offered Himself without spot to God through the eternal Spirit to purge the conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
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;
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What were we not redeemed with according to 1 Peter 1:18-19?
First Peter 1:18-19 says believers were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver and gold from their vain conversation received by tradition from the fathers — the flip side being that redemption is not with silver.
What are we redeemed with if not silver and gold?
Believers are not redeemed with silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot.