^{18 Ref} Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

^{19 Ref} But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

^{20 Ref} Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

^{18 Ref} knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

^{19 Ref} but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, `even the blood' of Christ:

^{20 Ref} who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,