18knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
Absolutely not! Peter explains that the price was beyond gold and silver; it was in fact paid in blood, Christ’s blood. Such high cost describes what you’re worth to God and so functions as an added incentive to dare to be different.
18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,