2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
5who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,
18because you*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,