1 Peter 2:21

Catholic Public Domain Version

For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.

Cross References

Psalm 85:13

For your mercy toward me is great, and you have rescued my soul from the lower part of Hell.

Matthew 10:38

And whoever does not take up his cross, and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Luke 24:26

Was not the Christ required to suffer these things, and so enter into his glory?"

John 13:15

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

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world."

Acts 14:22

And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.

Acts 17:3

interpreting and concluding that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, and that "this is the Jesus Christ, whom I am announcing to you."

Acts 9:16

For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name."

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.

Philippians 2:5

For this understanding in you was also in Christ Jesus:

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be disturbed during these tribulations. For you yourselves know that we have been appointed to this.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:12

And all those who willingly live the piety in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting for him, because of whom and through whom all things exist, who had led many children into glory, to complete the authorship of their salvation through his Passion.

1 Peter 1:20

foreknown, certainly, before the foundation of the world, and made manifest in these latter times for your sake.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sin, would live for justice. By his wounds, you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also died once for our sins, the Just One on behalf of the unjust, so that he might offer us to God, having died, certainly, in the flesh, but having been enlivened by the Spirit.

1 Peter 3:9

not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.

1 Peter 4:1

Since Christ has suffered in the flesh, you also should be armed with the same intention. For he who suffers in the flesh desists from sin,

1 Peter 4:13

But instead, commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.

1 John 2:6

Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked.

1 John 3:16

We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of his testimony. And they loved not their own lives, even unto death.