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Ye were redeemed (ἐλυτρώθητε)
The verb occurs only in two other passages, Luk 24:21; Tit 2:14. It carries the idea of a ransom-price (λύτρον, from λύω, to loose).
With silver or gold (ἀργυρίῳ ἢ χρυσίῳ)
Lit., with silver or gold money; the words meaning, respectively, a small coin of silver or of gold.
Conversation
Rev., manner of life. See on 1Pe 1:15.
Received by tradition from your fathers (πατροπαραδότου)
A clumsy translation; improved by Rev., handed down from your fathers. The word is peculiar to Peter.