1 Peter 2:21
For to this ye were called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
22who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
Cross References
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Mark 8:34And calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them: Whoever desires to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 14:26If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even his own life besides, he can not be my disciple.
John 13:15For I gave you an example, that as I did to you, ye also should do.
Acts 9:16for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
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 →