1 Peter 2:21
For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.
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In Context
22He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 85:13For your mercy toward me is great, and you have rescued my soul from the lower part of Hell.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.
Mark 8:34And calling together the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone chooses to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.
John 13:15For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.
Acts 9:16For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →