1 Peter 2:21

New King James Version

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

Cross References

1 John 2:6

He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to 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

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

1 John 3:16

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 Peter 2:24

who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also 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 which was also in Christ Jesus,

Matthew 11:29

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

Romans 8:29

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

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, 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

not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

2 Timothy 3:12

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

Psalm 85:13

Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway.

1 Peter 1:20

He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

1 Thessalonians 4:2

for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

Acts 17:3

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

Acts 9:16

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

Luke 24:26

Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”

1 Peter 4:13

but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.