Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Peter 1:18 - 1:18

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Peter 1:18 - 1:18


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Forasmuch as ye know; considering that ye were, &c.



That ye were not redeemed with corruptible things: see Tit_2:14. This implies them to have been in a servile condition, and in bondage to their own errors, till they were converted to Christ.



As silver and gold; the most precious things, of greatest esteem among men.



From your vain, because unprofitable to, and insufficient for, righteousness and salvation, conversation, viz. in your Judaism, wherein you were so much addicted to uncommanded rites and ceremonies, as to have little respect for God’s law.



Received by tradition; and so not only by their example and practice, but by their doctrine and precepts, Mat_15:3, &c.; Mar_7:7, &c. See likewise Gal_1:14.



From your fathers; either your ancestors, as Eze_20:18, or doctors and instructors, who are sometimes called fathers, 1Co_4:15.