1 Peter 2:21

Overview - 1 Peter 2
He exhorts them from the breach of charity;
shewing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built.
11 He beseeches them also to abstain from fleshly lusts;
13 to be obedient to magistrates;
18 and teaches servants how to obey their masters;
20 patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ.
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1 Peter 2:21  (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:
 


even
Matthew 10:38 ; 16:24 Mark 8:34 Mark 8:35 ; Luke 9:23-25 ; Luke 14:26 Luke 14:27 John 16:33
Acts 9:16 ; 14:22 1 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 4:2 2 Timothy 3:12

because
24 ; 3:18 4:1 Luke 24:26 ; Acts 17:3 ; Hebrews 2:10

for us
Some read, for you.
1:20

leaving
Psalms 85:13 ; John 13:15 ; Romans 8:29 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; Philippians 2:5 ; 1 John 2:6
1 John 3:16 ; Revelation 12:11