1 Peter 2:21
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving behind an example for you, that you should follow in His footsteps, 1
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
22“ Who committed no sin, 1 nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
Cross References
Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Mark 8:34And having summoned the crowd together with His disciples, He said to them, “Whoever is willing to come after 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, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
John 13:15For I gave you an example, that just as I did to you, you also should do.
Acts 9:16For I will show him all the things that 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 →