1 Peter 2:21

It was for this tachlis (purpose) [of your being osei tzedek and suffering] that you were given your kri'ah (calling), because also Moshiach suffered on behalf of you, + 2:21 Isa 53:5-6 leaving you a mofet (example), that you should follow be'ikvot Moshiach (in the steps of Moshiach),

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For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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20For what shevach (praise) is it if, after committing chatta'im (sins) and being beaten, you endure? But if being osei tzedek (doers of what is right) and suffering, then you endure, this is worthy of shevach before Hashem.

22Who was beli chet (without sin) V'LO MIRMAH BEFIV (and no deceit was in his mouth); + 2:22 Isa 53:9

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Cross References

Psalms 85:13Yes, Hashem shall give that which is tov; 1 and Artzeinu (our land) shall yield her yevul (increase, produce). 1

Matthew 11:29Take my ol (yoke) upon you and learn from me, for I am anav (humble) and have shiflut (lowliness) in lev (heart), and you will find menuchah (rest, security) + 11:29 Ruth 1:9 for your nefashot (souls). + 11:29 Jer 6:16

Mark 8:34And having summoned the multitude along with his talmidim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, If anyone wishes to follow after me, let him make denial of himself, and take up his etz shel mesiros nefesh (tree of self-sacrifice), and follow me.

Luke 14:26If someone comes to me, and does not hate + 14:26 hyperbolically, in comparison to Moshiach his own Abba and Em (mother) and isha and yeladim and achim and achayot and in addition also his own life, + 14:26 in the Olam Hazeh he is not able to be my + 14:26 Moshiachʼs talmid.

John 13:15For I gave you a mofet that as I did to you, you may do also.

Acts 9:16For I will show him how much it is necessary for him to undergo yissurim (sufferings) on behalf of Shmi (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 →

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