1 Peter 2:21

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving an example so that you could follow in his footsteps.

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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:

In Context

20What credit do you get if you endure when you sin and are beaten for it? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with God.

22He committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.

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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 8:34Then he called the crowd over, along with his disciples, and said to them, “ Whoever wants to be one of my disciples must deny himself, 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, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

John 13:15For I have given you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

Acts 9:16I will show him how much 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 →

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