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1 Peter 1:18-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Peter 1:18-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold(A) 19 but with the precious blood of Christ(B) as of a spotless unblemished lamb.[a]
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- 1:19 Christians have received the redemption prophesied by Isaiah (Is 52:3), through the blood (Jewish symbol of life) of the spotless lamb (Is 53:7, 10; Jn 1:29; Rom 3:24–25; cf. 1 Cor 6:20).
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