What two styles of conduct do Peter’s readers need to choose from?
1 Peter 1:18 (ESV)
18knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
Peter's readers' options are: 1) “The futile ways inherited from your forefathers”; 2) The pattern that follows after being ransomed from those futile ways.
18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,