1 Peter 2:21

For to this you were called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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 what credit is there, if, when you are beaten for your wrongs, you endure it patiently? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you endure it patiently, this is commendable before God.

22He committed no sin, nor was any 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 shall find rest for your souls.

Mark 8:34And when he had called the people to him, with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Luke 14:26If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

John 13:15For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to 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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