1 Peter 2:21

WEB

²¹For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you^[+] an example, that you should follow his steps,

KJV

²¹For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

BSB

²¹For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

FBV

²¹In fact this is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and gave you an example, so you should follow in his footsteps.

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Extra References

1 John 2:6

⁶he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

Matthew 16:24

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

John 13:15

¹⁵For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.

Ephesians 5:2

²Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

1 John 3:16

¹⁶By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 Corinthians 11:1

¹Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

1 Peter 2:24

²⁴He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

Philippians 2:5

⁵Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Matthew 11:29

²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

1 Peter 4:1

¹Therefore, 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,