1 Peter 1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Peter 1:19 in other translations
| BSB | but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. |
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| WEB | but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, |
| ASV | but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ: |
| YLT | but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted--Christ's-- |
| DARBY | but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, |
| BBE | But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ: |
| Webster | But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: |
What does 1 Peter 1:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
(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. Jn 1:29. Without blemish and without spot. Such a lamb only was allowed to be offered in sacrifice, Lev 22:20-24, Mal 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.
(a) "lamb" Jn 1:29,36, Rev 13:8
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Peter 1:17-25
Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections. Then, let Christians not doubt God's faithfulness to his promises, nor give way to enslaving dread of his wrath, but let them reverence his holiness. The fearless professor is defenceless, and Satan…
1 Peter 1:19 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Peter 1:19
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- 1 Peter 2:22-24
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
- John 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
- Hebrews 9:12-14
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Revelation 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
- Exodus 12:5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
- John 1:36
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
- Colossians 1:14
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
- Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
- Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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Context
- 1 Peter 1:18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
- 1 Peter 1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
- 1 Peter 1:20
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1 Peter 1:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sino con la sangre preciosa de Cristo, como de un cordero sin mancha y sin contaminación: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais par le sang précieux de Christ, comme d’un agneau sans défaut et sans tache, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | sondern mit dem kostbaren Blute Christi, als eines Lammes ohne Fehl und ohne Flecken; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed pretioso sanguine quasi agni immaculati Christi, et incontaminati: |