1 Peter 2:21
for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,
Cross References
Psalms 85:13Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!
Matthew 11:29take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,
Mark 8:34And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me — let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;
Luke 14:26'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
John 13:15'For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;
Acts 9:16for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to 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 →