1 Peter 2:21

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:

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 we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed."

For the Messiah also suffered for sins once for all, an innocent person for the guilty, so that he could bring you to God. He was put to death in a mortal body but was brought to life by the Spirit,

Therefore, since the Messiah suffered in a mortal body, you, too, must arm yourselves with the same determination, because the person who has suffered in a mortal body has stopped sinning,

The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

He explained and showed them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: "This very Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah."

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering as part of his plan to glorify many children,

For us

On the one hand, he was foreknown before the creation of the world, but on the other hand, he was revealed at the end of time for your sake.

Leaving

Righteousness will go before him to prepare a path for his steps. A Davidic prayer

I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that the Son might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Imitate me, as I do the Messiah.

Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.

Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus:

The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.

This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.

Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death.

General references

Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you will be just like him.

After saying goodbye to them, he went up on a hillside to pray.

"I do not accept human praise.

Bless those who persecute you. Keep on blessing them, and never curse them.

Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus: