1 Peter 1:18-19

Called to Be Holy

¹⁸ knowing that you _r were ransomed from _s the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, ¹⁹ but _t with the precious blood of Christ, like that of _u a lamb _v without blemish or spot.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 49:8
   For the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice.
   Psalms 130:8
   And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
   1 Corinthians 6:20
   For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
   Titus 2:14
   Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
   2 Peter 2:1
   But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
   
2. Cross References
   Ephesians 4:17
   Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 20:28
   Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
   
4. Cross References
   John 1:29
   The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
   
5. Cross References
   Hebrews 9:14
   How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
   Exodus 12:5
   Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.