Everlasting Salvation for Zion

¹⁸ For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed^(A) from the empty way of life^(B) handed down to you from your ancestors,

¹⁹ but with the precious blood^(A) of Christ, a lamb^(B) without blemish or defect.^(C)