1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to our sins and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

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Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

In Context

23When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

25For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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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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