1 Peter 2:21

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1 Peter 2:21

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

Acts 14:22

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

John 16:33

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”

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 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—

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.

Psalm 85:13

Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.

Matthew 10:38

And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

Matthew 11:29

All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.

Mark 8:34-35

Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

Luke 9:23-25

Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Luke 14:26-27

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Luke 24:26

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”

John 13:15

For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you.

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name!”

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.”

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 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one will be shaken by these persecutions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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.

1 Peter 1:20

He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you

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 3:9

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Peter 2:21

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

Because

For us

1 Peter 1:20

Leaving

General references

Philippians 2:5

Bible References

Because

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.

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.

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—

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”

explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”

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

He was chosen

before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you

Leaving

Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.

For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you.

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.

Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.

And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,

The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.

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.

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

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness
or you’ll be like him yourself.

After He said good-bye to them, He went away to the mountain to pray.

“I do not accept glory from men,

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,