Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

For us

Bible References

Because

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that, having died to sins,
we might live for righteousness;
you have been healed by His wounds.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that He might bring you to God,
after being put to death in the fleshly realm
but made alive in the spiritual realm.
1 Peter 4:1
Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin
Luke 24:26
Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”
Acts 17:3
explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”
Hebrews 2:10
For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

For us

1 Peter 1:20
He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you

Leaving

Psalm 85:13
Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.
John 13:15
For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you.
Romans 8:29
For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Philippians 2:5
Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,
1 John 2:6
The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.
1 John 3:16
This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.
Revelation 12:11
They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not love their lives
in the face of death.

General references

Proverbs 26:4
Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness
or you’ll be like him yourself.
Mark 6:46
After He said good-bye to them, He went away to the mountain to pray.
John 5:41
“I do not accept glory from men,
Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Philippians 2:5
Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,

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