1 Peter 1:19

Amplified Bible

but [you were actually purchased] with precious blood, like that of a [sacrificial] lamb unblemished and spotless, the priceless blood of Christ.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb.

King James Version (1611)
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe without blemish and without spot,

King James Version
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

English Standard Version
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

New American Standard Bible
but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

New Century Version
but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

Berean Standard Bible
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

Contemporary English Version
You were rescued by the precious blood of Christ, that spotless and innocent lamb.

Complete Jewish Bible
on the contrary, it was the costly bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect or spot.

Darby Translation
but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, [the blood] of Christ,

Easy-to-Read Version
You were bought with the precious blood of Christ's death. He was a pure and perfect sacrificial Lamb.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe vndefiled, and without spot.

George Lamsa Translation
But with the precious blood of the Lamb without blemish and without spot which is Christ:

Good News Translation
it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw.

Lexham English Bible
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb

Literal Translation
but with precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot,

American Standard Version
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:

Bible in Basic English
But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

Hebrew Names Version
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, the blood of Messiah;

International Standard Version
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.Exodus 12:5; Isaiah 53:7; John 1:29,36; Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12,14; Revelation 5:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
but with the precious blood of the Lamb spotless and unblemished, who is the Meshiha;

Murdock Translation
but with the precious blood of that Lamb in which is no spot nor blemish, namely, the Messiah:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot:

English Revised Version
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:

World English Bible
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, the blood of Christ;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,

Weymouth's New Testament
but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but bi the precious blood as of the lomb vndefoulid and vnspottid,

Update Bible Version
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:

Webster's Bible Translation
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

New English Translation
but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

New King James Version
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

New Living Translation
It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

New Life Bible
The blood of Christ saved you. This blood is of great worth and no amount of money can buy it. Christ was given as a lamb without sin and without spot.

New Revised Standard
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But with precious blood, as of a lamb, unblemished and unspotted, of an Anointed One, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled

Revised Standard Version
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
but with the precious bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and withouten spot

Young's Literal Translation
but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but with the precious bloude of Christ, as of an innocet and vndefyled lambe,

Mace New Testament (1729)
but by the precious blood of Christ, who is the lamb without spot, and without blemish:

Simplified Cowboy Version
The currency used to buy you was the blood of Jesus. He was the only one pure and perfect enough to be the sacrifice that took away your sins.

Contextual Overview

¹³So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit—steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ¹⁴[Live] as obedient children [of God]; do not be conformed to the evil desires which governed you in your ignorance [before you knew the requirements and transforming power of the good news regarding salvation]. ¹⁵But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your conduct [be set apart from the world by your godly character and moral courage]; ¹⁶because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY (set apart), FOR I AM HOLY." ¹⁷If you address as Father, the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in [reverent] fear [of Him] and with profound respect for Him throughout the time of your stay on earth. ¹⁸For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold, ¹⁹but [you were actually purchased] with precious blood, like that of a [sacrificial] lamb unblemished and spotless, the priceless blood of Christ. ²⁰For He was foreordained (foreknown) before the foundation of the world, but has appeared [publicly] in these last times for your sake ²¹and through Him you believe [confidently] in God [the heavenly Father], who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are [centered and rest] in God. ²²Since by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a sincere love of the believers, [see that you] love one another from the heart [always unselfishly seeking the best for one another],

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with: 1 Peter 2:22-24, 1 Peter 3:18, Daniel 9:24, Zechariah 13:7, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 26:28, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, Hebrews 9:12-14, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:2, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 5:9

as: Exodus 12:5, Isaiah 53:7, John 1:29, John 1:36, Acts 8:32-35, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 7:14, Revelation 14:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:4 - the firstlings Genesis 22:8 - General Genesis 22:13 - in the Exodus 24:6 - the blood he Exodus 29:1 - without Exodus 29:38 - two lambs Exodus 30:12 - a ransom Exodus 37:4 - with gold Leviticus 1:3 - a male Leviticus 1:17 - shall not Leviticus 4:35 - and the priest shall make Leviticus 12:6 - a lamb Leviticus 14:10 - he lambs Leviticus 15:27 - General Leviticus 22:19 - General Leviticus 23:12 - General Numbers 3:46 - the two hundred Numbers 6:14 - one ewe Numbers 7:15 - General Numbers 7:39 - General Numbers 19:2 - no blemish Numbers 28:3 - two lambs Numbers 28:19 - they shall Deuteronomy 16:6 - at even Deuteronomy 17:1 - General 2 Samuel 21:4 - We will 1 Kings 20:39 - or else Job 33:24 - I Psalms 19:14 - redeemer Psalms 26:11 - redeem Psalms 31:5 - thou Psalms 34:22 - redeemeth Psalms 107:2 - Let the Proverbs 13:8 - ransom Isaiah 1:27 - redeemed Isaiah 29:22 - who redeemed Isaiah 44:22 - return Isaiah 45:13 - let go Isaiah 62:12 - The redeemed Ezekiel 43:22 - a kid Ezekiel 45:18 - without blemish Ezekiel 46:13 - Thou shalt daily Hosea 7:13 - though Zechariah 13:1 - a fountain Matthew 25:34 - from Matthew 27:4 - the innocent Mark 8:37 - General Mark 10:45 - and to Mark 15:14 - Why Luke 23:4 - I find Luke 23:22 - Why Luke 23:41 - but Luke 24:21 - General John 14:30 - and John 18:38 - I find John 19:4 - that ye Romans 3:24 - through Romans 4:25 - Who was 1 Corinthians 1:30 - redemption 1 Corinthians 7:23 - are Ephesians 2:13 - are Ephesians 5:27 - not 1 Timothy 2:6 - gave 1 Timothy 6:14 - without Hebrews 7:26 - holy Hebrews 9:14 - the blood Hebrews 9:23 - the heavenly 1 Peter 2:4 - precious Revelation 13:8 - from

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But with the precious blood of Christ,.... Christ was prophesied of as a Redeemer under the Old Testament, Isaiah 59:20 and the Jews frequently ascribe redemption to the word of the Lord God f; and which the apostle here attributes to the blood of Christ; whose blood is the same with ours, only not tainted with sin; the blood of an innocent person, and of one who is God, as well as man, and was freely shed in the room and stead of his people, and so a sufficient price for their redemption: and it may truly be said to be "precious": as it is to God, to whom it is a sweet smelling sacrifice, and with which he is well pleased; not that he takes delight in the mere effusion of his blood, but as this is the ransom price, and the atonement of his chosen ones; and so it is to all them that believe, since by it they are justified; through it they have the forgiveness of their sins; their peace and reconciliation with God is made by it; and by it they are sanctified, and have boldness to enter into the holiest of all: and this blood of Christ, by which they are redeemed, is

as of a lamb without spot and blemish; Christ is comparable to any lamb, for the innocence of his nature, the meekness of his disposition and deportment, and for his patience under sufferings and in death; and to the lambs of the daily sacrifice, which were typical of the continual and constant virtue and efficacy of his sacrifice to take away sin; and particularly to the paschal lamb, he being the true passover sacrificed for us; and which, as also the lambs of the daily sacrifice, and all others, were to be without spot and blemish: and in which they prefigured Christ, who is without the stain of original, and the spot and blemish of actual sin; and so was a very fit person to be a sacrifice for sin, and a Redeemer of his people. The Jews have a notion, that the redemption of the Israelites out of Egypt, when a lamb without blemish was taken, and sacrificed and eaten, had a respect to the future redemption by the Messiah; and which, they say g, was to be in the same time of the year; that as they were redeemed in Nisan, the month in which the passover was kept, so they were to be redeemed in the same month: and indeed at that time, and in that month, was redemption obtained by the blood of Christ. Of the former, the Targumist in Hosea 3:2 says,

"I have redeemed them by my word, on the fifteenth day of the month Nisan, and have given silver shekels, the atonement of their souls.''

It is observable that the Hebrew word דם signifies both "blood" and "money", or price; whether some reference may not be had to this here, since both are included here, may be considered.

f Targum in Hos. i. 7. & iii. 2. & in Joel ii. 17. g Zohar in Numb. fol. 102. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But with the precious blood of Christ - On the use of the word blood, and the reason why the efficacy of the atonement is said to be in the blood, see the notes at Romans 3:25. The word “precious” (τίμιος timios) is a word which would be applied to that which is worth much; which is costly. Compare for the use of the noun (τιμή timē) in this sense, Matthew 27:6, “The price of blood;” Acts 4:34; Acts 5:2-3; Acts 7:16. See also for the use of the adjective, (τίμιος timios,) Revelation 17:4, “gold and precious stones” Revelation 18:12, “vessels of most precious wood.” Revelation 21:11, “a stone most precious.” The meaning here is, that the blood of Christ had a value above silver and gold; it was worth more, to wit:

(1)In itself - being a more valuable thing - and,

(2)In effecting our redemption. It accomplished what silver and gold could not do. The universe had nothing more valuable to offer, of which we can conceive, than the blood of the Son of God.

As of a lamb - That is, of Christ regarded as a lamb offered for sacrifice. See the notes at John 1:29.

Without blemish and without spot - Such a lamb only was allowed to be offered in sacrifice, Leviticus 22:20-24; Malachi 1:8. This was required:

(1)Because it was proper that man should offer that which was regarded as perfect in its kind; and,

(2)Because only that would be a proper symbol of the great sacrifice which was to be made by the Son of God. The idea was thus kept up from age to age that he, of whom all these victims were the emblems, would be perfectly pure.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 19. The precious blood of Christ — τιμιω αιματι. The valuable blood; how valuable neither is nor could be stated.

As of a lamb — Such as was required for a sin-offering to God; and THE Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.

Without blemish — In himself, and without spot from the world; being perfectly pure in his soul, and righteous in his life.