1 Peter 1:19

What does 1 Peter 1:19 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Peter 1:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What 1 Peter 1:19 means

The ransom was paid “with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ.” The imagery evokes a perfect, sacrificial offering—pure and acceptable. Christ’s flawless life and sacrificial death are of inestimable worth, securing deliverance from sin’s bondage. This is the ground of Christian assurance and the measure of God’s love. If such a price purchased us, our lives are not our own; we belong to the Redeemer. The emphasis on Christ’s blood centers salvation in his atoning death, the sufficient and final means by which God cleanses and claims his people.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted--Christ's--

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, [the blood] of Christ,

Context

Following the denial that silver or gold could redeem (v. 18), verse 19 declares the true cost—Christ’s spotless blood. Verses 20–21 will place this sacrifice within God’s eternal purpose and resurrection glory, so that believers’ faith and hope rest firmly in God. The flow drives from ransom to revelation to renewed trust.

v.18knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

v.19This passage

v.20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7

    Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:

  • Matthew 26:28

    for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

  • Acts 8:32

    Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

  • Hebrews 9:12

    nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

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