1Pe 1:18. Οὐ φθαρτοῖς, not with corruptible things) 1Pe 1:23.-ματαίας, vain) A vain course of life, which leaves no fruit behind, when the time has passed away.-πατροπαραδότου, received from the fathers) There is only one Father to be imitated, 1Pe 1:17. There is the same antithesis, Mat 23:9. In religion men too willingly and pertinaciously tread in the footsteps of their fathers, and the Jews in particular.