knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
      (2.) The redeemed are also described here by their faith and hope, the cause of which is Jesus Christ: "You do by him believe in God--by him as the author, encourager, support, and finisher of your faith; your faith and hope now may be in God, as reconciled to you by Christ the Mediator."