1 Peter 2:21

Modern English Version

For to this you were called, because Christ suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

Cross References

1 John 2:6

Whoever says he remains in Him ought to walk as He walked.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

John 13:15

For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

Ephesians 5:2

Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us as a fragrant offering and a sacrifice to God.

1 John 3:16

By this we know the love of God: that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. “By His wounds you were healed.”

1 Corinthians 11:1

Follow me as I follow Christ.

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Philippians 2:5

Let this mind be in you all, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me. For I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Romans 8:29

For those whom He foreknew, He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the minds of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith, to go through many afflictions and thus enter the kingdom of God.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,

Matthew 10:38

And He who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.

John 16:33

“I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have distress. But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.”

Revelation 12:11

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting for Him, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation complete through suffering.

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, and all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Psalm 85:13

Righteousness will go before Him and prepare a way for His footsteps.

1 Peter 1:20

He was foreordained before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this.

Acts 17:3

explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I preach to you, is the Christ.”

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter His glory?”

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice insofar as you share in Christ’s sufferings, so that you may rejoice and be glad also in the revelation of His glory.