1 Peter 2:21

For it is to this that you were called, because Christ also suffered for you. He left an example for you to follow in his steps. 1

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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

20For how much credit is there if you sin and then endure while being punished? But if you have done good and then you suffer while being punished, this is worthy of praise from God.

22“He committed no sin, 1 neither was any deceit found in his mouth.”

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Cross References

Psalms 85:13Righteousness will go before him 1 and make a way for his footsteps.

Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Mark 8:34Then he called the crowd and his disciples together, and he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, 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 also do just as I did for you.

Acts 9:16for I will show him how much he must suffer for the cause of 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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