1 Peter 1:18-20

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18} knowing that you were not ^(a)^(A)redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your ^(B)futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, ^{Tools
19} but with precious ^(C)blood, as of a ^(D)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. ^{Tools
20} For He was ^(E)foreknown before ^(F)the foundation of the world, but has ^(G)appeared ^(b)in these last times ^(H)for the sake of you

Footnotes:

a. 1 Peter 1:18: ['Or ', ransomed]

b. 1 Peter 1:20: ['Lit ', at the end of the times]

Cross references:

A. 1 Peter 1:18: Isaiah 52:3; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 9:12

B. 1 Peter 1:18: Ephesians 4:17

C. 1 Peter 1:19: Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 1:2

D. 1 Peter 1:19: John 1:29

E. 1 Peter 1:20: Acts 2:23; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:2; Revelation 13:8

F. 1 Peter 1:20: Matthew 25:34

G. 1 Peter 1:20: Hebrews 9:26

H. 1 Peter 1:20: Hebrews 2:14