... But a more specific intertextual cue is given as the verse goes on to name the hostile environment from which people are redeemed—“from all iniquity/lawlessness”: Psalm 129:8 LXX: It is he who will redeem Israel [lytrōsetai ton Israēl] from all its iniquities [ek pasōn tōn anomiōn autou]. Titus 2:14b: in order that he might redeem us [lytrōsētai hēmas] from all iniquity [apo pasēs anomias]. The contact points suggest that the primary scriptural echo is the Greek text of Psalm 129:8 (130:8 ET). The changes are basically cosmetic: from “Israel” to “us” (= followers of the Messiah, and thus the substitution of the plural for the collective singular; doctrine-like sayings are often applied to believers by means of personal pronouns), and from the plural formulation (“from all its iniquities”) to a generalizing singular (“from all iniquity”). In both cases redemption is “from all lawlessness.” The term anomia was used frequently in the Old Testament to depict opposition to God’s law ...