Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. New Living Translation It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. English Standard Version but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. Berean Standard Bible but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. Berean Literal Bible but by the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, King James Bible But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: New King James Version but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. New American Standard Bible but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. NASB 1995 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. NASB 1977 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. Legacy Standard Bible but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. Amplified Bible but [you were actually purchased] with precious blood, like that of a [sacrificial] lamb unblemished and spotless, the priceless blood of Christ. Christian Standard Bible but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb. Holman Christian Standard Bible but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. American Standard Version but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ: Aramaic Bible in Plain English But with the precious blood of The Lamb, who has no blemish or defilement in him, who is The Messiah. Contemporary English Version You were rescued by the precious blood of Christ, that spotless and innocent lamb. Douay-Rheims Bible But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled, English Revised Version but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ: GOD'S WORD® Translation Rather, the payment that freed you was the precious blood of Christ, the lamb with no defects or imperfections. Good News Translation it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw. International Standard Version but with the precious blood of the Messiah, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect. Literal Standard Version but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted—Christ’s— Majority Standard Bible but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. New American Bible but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb. NET Bible but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ. New Revised Standard Version but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. New Heart English Bible but with precious blood, as of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ; Webster's Bible Translation But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Weymouth New Testament but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb. World English Bible but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, Young's Literal Translation but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's -- Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Call to Holiness…18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. 20He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.… Cross References Exodus 12:5 Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. Leviticus 1:10 If, however, one's offering is a burnt offering from the flock--from the sheep or goats--he is to present an unblemished male. Leviticus 22:20 You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. Numbers 7:27 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. Treasury of Scripture But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: with. 1 Peter 2:22-24 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: … 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. as. Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. John 1:29,36 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world… Jump to Previous Blemish Blood Christ Christ's Clean Defect Faultless Holy Lamb Precious Pure Spot Spotless Unblemished Unmarked UnspottedJump to Next Blemish Blood Christ Christ's Clean Defect Faultless Holy Lamb Precious Pure Spot Spotless Unblemished Unmarked Unspotted1 Peter 1 1. Peter praises God for his manifold spiritual graces;10. showing that the salvation in Christ the fulfillment of prophesy; 13. and exhorts them accordingly to be holy. (19) With the precious blood of Christ.--"Precious" means, not "much prized by us," but costly, precious in itself; opposed to the perishableness of gold and silver. Notice that it is not "Jesus," but "Christ," i.e., the Messiah. No price short of the "blood," i.e., the death, of the Messiah could free the Jews from the thraldom of their "vain conversation." (Comp. 1Peter 1:2 and Note.) How Christ's death freed them from it is not explained here; but we may give a twofold explanation, as we did of His resurrection being our regeneration, in 1Peter 1:3. Historically it did so, because when they came to realise that their Messiah could only reach His glories through suffering it gave them a new insight into the whole meaning of the system under which they had been brought up. It did also, however, doubtless, in a more mysterious way, such as we cannot imagine, procure in God's sight their emancipation; and the following verses show that again St. Peter is thinking more of the theological than of the phenomenal side of the occurrence. As of a lamb without blemish and without spot.--We might roughly paraphrase it by, "as of a sacrificial victim, to the sufficiency of whose offering no exception can be taken." The word "as" shows that in St. Peter's mind the notion of a "sacrifice," in reference to the atonement, was only a simile, or metaphor, just as it was with the notion of "ransom." Once more observe that the sacrifice was offered to effect a redemption which for the readers had already taken place. (Comp. Hebrews 9:14.) The primary thought in mentioning a "lamb" is, of course, that of sacrifice; but when we come to consider why that particular sacrificial animal was named rather than another, it is, no doubt, for two reasons. First, because of the whiteness, the helplessness, the youth, the innocence, and patience, which make it a natural symbol of our Lord. (Comp. Ecce Homo, p. 6, ed. 3.) The second reason is to be found in St. Peter's own life. The first thing that we know in his history was a putting together of those two words--Messiah, and the Lamb (John 1:36; John 1:40-41). Neither he nor St. John (see Revelation 5:6, et al.) ever forgot that cry of the Baptist. They, no doubt, understood that cry to refer, not primarily to the Paschal, or any other sacrifice, but to Isaiah 53:7, and perhaps to Genesis 22:8. A word in the next verse will make it clearer that St. Peter really had the Baptist consciously before his mind when he thus wrote. . . . Verse 19. - But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot; rather, as in the Revised Version, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, (even the blood) of Christ. Precious, as opposed to the "corruptible things" of ver. 18; it is precious, because it is the blood of Christ. Christ's holy body saw not corruption; gold and silver must perish at last; the precious blood in its virtue and efficacy abideth evermore. The blood of Christ is compared with that of a lamb. The lambs and other animals offered as sacrifices were to be without blemish (Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 22:19, 20, 21); Christ was without sin, pure, harmless, undefiled. The blood of animals could never take away sin; yet it is written, "The life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul" (Leviticus 17:11). That blood prefigured the precious blood of Christ, which cleanseth from all sin. The sacrifices of the Law directed the faith of the pious Israelite to the one great Sacrifice, the Propitiation for the sins of the whole world. Probably St. Peter derived the comparison from the well-remembered words of the Baptist, reported by his brother Andrew, "Behold the Lamb of God!" The reference may be to the Paschal lamb ("Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us," 1 Corinthians 5:7) - the blood of that lamb cannot, indeed, be regarded as a ransom from Egyptian bondage, but it saved the Israelites from the destroying angel - or to any sacrificial lamb. The apostle seems to be passing from the idea of ransom or price to that of expiation. The verb "ye were redeemed," the silver and gold, direct the thoughts to price; the blood and the lamb, to expiation. The two ideas are closely connected; the two illustrations combined give a fuller view of the blessed meaning of the Savior's death than either of them alone could do.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek butἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. with [the] precious τιμίῳ (timiō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 5093: Of great price, precious, honored. blood αἵματι (haimati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. of Christ, Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. a lamb ἀμνοῦ (amnou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 286: A lamb (as a type of innocence, and with sacrificial connotation). Apparently a primary word; a lamb. without blemish ἀμώμου (amōmou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 299: Blameless, without blemish, unblemished, faultless. Unblemished. [or] καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. spot. ἀσπίλου (aspilou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 784: Unstained, undefiled, spotless, pure. Unblemished. Links 1 Peter 1:19 NIV1 Peter 1:19 NLT 1 Peter 1:19 ESV 1 Peter 1:19 NASB 1 Peter 1:19 KJV 1 Peter 1:19 BibleApps.com 1 Peter 1:19 Biblia Paralela 1 Peter 1:19 Chinese Bible 1 Peter 1:19 French Bible 1 Peter 1:19 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Peter 1:19 But with precious blood as (1 Pet. 1P iP i Pet) |