1 Peter 2:21

21 For 1to this you have been called, 2because Christ also suffered for you, 3leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

1 Peter 2:21 In-Context

19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 1 Peter 3:9; See Acts 14:22
  • 2. [See ver. 20 above]
  • 3. See Matthew 11:29
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