For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you† an example, that you should follow his steps,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Peter 2:21 in context
1 Peter 2:18–24
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Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
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For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.
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For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
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For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you† an example, that you should follow his steps,
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who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
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When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
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He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
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- TR reads “us” instead of “you”
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