1 Peter 2:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Psalm 85:13

Righteousness will go before him and will make a path for his steps.

Matthew 10:38

and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”

John 13:15

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

John 16:33

I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”

Acts 14:22

There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

Acts 17:3

explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead and saying, “This is the Messiah, Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.”

Acts 9:16

I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Philippians 2:5

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you yourselves know that this is what we are destined for.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

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

2 Timothy 3:12

Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Hebrews 2:10

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

1 Peter 1:20

He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 4:1

Since, therefore, Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin),

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.

1 John 2:6

whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.

1 John 3:16

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.

Revelation 12:11

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.