1 Peter 2:21
For, hereunto, have ye been called; because, Christ also, suffered in your behalf, unto you, leaving behind a pattern, that ye might follow in his steps:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22Who did not, a sin, commit, neither was deceit found in his mouth,—
Cross References
Psalms 85:13Righteousness, before him, shall march long,—That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me,—because, meek, am I and lowly, in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls;
Mark 8:34And, calling near the multitude with his disciples, he said unto them—If anyone willeth, after me, to come, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and be following me.
Luke 14:26If anyone cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, further also, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
John 13:15For, an example, have I given you,—that, just as, I, did unto you, ye also, should be doing.
Acts 9:16For, I, will let him understand how many things he must needs, for my name, suffer.
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 →