King James Version (KJV)
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;”
Verse in context — 1 Peter 1
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
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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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But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,