Bible Strands
1 Peter 2:21
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses believers enduring unjust suffering, using the preceding verse’s contrast between deserved punishment and commendable endurance to frame Christ’s own experience.
The words — ἐκλήθητε (eklēthēte) translates literally as “you have been called,” and ἔπαθεν (epathen) means “suffered,” establishing the verse’s foundation in divine summons and Christ’s physical endurance.
The thread — The call to imitate Christ’s conduct runs through John 13:15, 1 John 2:6, and Matthew 16:24, which repeatedly tie discipleship to walking as Jesus walked and taking up one’s cross.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to endure unjust suffering by consciously following Christ’s example of patient obedience rather than demanding immediate relief or retaliation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Cross-references
- 1 John 2:6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- John 13:15 I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
- Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- 1 John 3:16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- 1 Corinthians 11:1 You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
- Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
- 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- 1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.