According to 1 Peter, how are we redeemed?

According to 1 Peter 1:18–19, believers are not redeemed with silver or gold, nor by the vain manner of living received by tradition from the fathers. Rather, redemption comes through the precious blood of Christ, pictured as a lamb without blemish and without spot.

Les explains that 1 Peter 1:18 says we were not redeemed with silver and gold from our vain conversation, or manner of living, received by tradition. He notes people often think of the Jews as steeped in tradition, but people today are no different; tradition cannot make anyone make it, and sometimes traditions must be broken to come to the truth of Scripture. Then 1 Peter 1:19 answers how we were redeemed: by the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. He then turns to what Paul says about the same Word in Romans chapter 3.

1 Peter 1:18

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;

1 Peter 1:19

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

According to 1 Peter 1:18, by what were we not redeemed?

Scripture states believers were not redeemed with silver and gold, nor by the tradition of their fathers, nor by a vain manner of living handed down by tradition. Redemption did not come through perishable wealth or ancestral customs, but verse 19 points to the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish and without spot.