But with precious blood (αλλα τιμιω αιματ). Instrumental case of αιμα after ελυτρωθητε (repeated from verse 18). Peter here applie…

But with the precious blood of Christ. On the use of the word blood, and the reason why the efficacy of the atonement is said to …

With the precious blood of Christ.—“Precious” means, not “much prized by us,” but costly, precious in itself, as opposed to the p…

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition f…

The logic of this verse is “Live... because you know!” That is, the Christian life is lived out of knowledge of the redemption that Christ has acco…

As of a lamb—by this likeness, he means that we have in Christ whatever had been foreshadowed by the ancient sacrifices, though he especia…

But with the precious blood of Christ
Christ was prophesied of as a Redeemer under the Old Testament, ([Reference Isaiah 59:20…

Holy confidence in God as a Father and awe-filled fear of Him as a Judge harmonize; and to regard God always as a Judge endears Him to us as a Fath…