Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. New Living Translation For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. English Standard Version For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. Berean Standard Bible For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: Berean Literal Bible For to this hereunto you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow after His steps: King James Bible For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 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: New American Standard Bible For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps, NASB 1995 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, NASB 1977 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, Legacy Standard Bible For to this you have been called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps, Amplified Bible For [as a believer] you have been called for this purpose, since Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you may follow in His footsteps. Christian Standard Bible For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. Holman Christian Standard Bible For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in His steps. American Standard Version For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps: Contemporary English Version After all, God chose you to suffer as you follow in the footsteps of Christ, who set an example by suffering for you. English Revised Version For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps: GOD'S WORD® Translation God called you to endure suffering because Christ suffered for you. He left you an example so that you could follow in his footsteps. Good News Translation It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps. International Standard Version This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because: The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his steps. Majority Standard Bible For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: NET Bible For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. New Heart English Bible For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, Webster's Bible Translation For even to this were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Weymouth New Testament And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps. World English Bible For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving to you an example, that you may follow His steps, Berean Literal Bible For to this hereunto you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow after His steps: Young's Literal Translation for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps, Smith's Literal Translation For to this were ye called: for also Christ suffered for you, leaving behind to you an underwriting, that ye should follow upon his footsteps: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps. 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. New American Bible For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps. New Revised Standard Version 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor to this purpose you were called: because Christ also died for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow in his footsteps. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For you are called to this, for even The Messiah died for our sake and left us this example, that you would walk in his steps, NT Translations Anderson New TestamentTo this, indeed, you have been called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his footsteps. Godbey New Testament For unto this you have been called: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you may follow in his steps: Haweis New Testament For hereunto have ye been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving you a pattern, that ye should follow his steps; Mace New Testament this will conciliate the divine favour, and this is the condition of your vocation, since Christ himself has suffer'd for us, Weymouth New Testament And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps. Worrell New Testament For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps; Worsley New Testament For unto this are ye called; because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye might follow his steps. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Christ's Example of Suffering20How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: 22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”… Cross References Isaiah 53:4-7 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. / We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. ... Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: / Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, / but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. ... John 13:15 I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. 1 John 2:6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. Hebrews 12:2-3 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. / Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Romans 8:17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. Luke 9:23 Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 1 Corinthians 11:1 You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. Ephesians 5:1-2 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, / and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. 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. John 15:18-20 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. Colossians 3:13 Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Hebrews 2:10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. Treasury of Scripture For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps: even. Matthew 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Mark 8:34,35 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me… because. 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; for us. 1 Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, leaving. Psalm 85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. John 13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Jump to Previous Behalf Christ Example Follow God's Hereunto Jesus Leaving Punishment Purpose Steps Suffer Suffered UnderwentJump to Next Behalf Christ Example Follow God's Hereunto Jesus Leaving Punishment Purpose Steps Suffer Suffered Underwent1 Peter 2 1. He exhorts to put away wickedness;4. showing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built. 11. He beseeches them also to abstain from sinful desires; 13. to be obedient to authorities; 18. and teaches servants how to obey their masters; 20. patiently suffering for well doing, after the example of Christ. For to this you were called This phrase emphasizes the divine calling of believers. The Greek word for "called" is "καλέω" (kaleō), which implies a summons or invitation. In the context of 1 Peter, this calling is not just to salvation but to a life that mirrors Christ's own. Historically, early Christians understood their faith as a call to live counter-culturally, often facing persecution. This calling is a reminder of the purpose and mission bestowed upon believers, to live a life that reflects the values and character of Christ. because Christ also suffered for you leaving you an example that you should follow in His footsteps Because.--This justifies the last assertion. It appeared on the very face of the gospel message that we should all (slave and freeman alike) have to do well, and at the same time suffer, because the gospel told us that it was so with Him, the subject of the gospel. Notice what a fine assumption lies in this "because"--viz., that Christ's experience must needs be that of every Christian. Christ also suffered.--It is to be carefully observed again that he does not say "Jesus suffered;" the whole point is that these Hebrew Christians have given in their adhesion to a suffering Messiah. (See Note on 1Peter 1:11.) And the true reading immediately after is "for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;" not, of course, that St. Peter exempts himself from the need of the atonement or the obligation of following Christ's steps, but because it is his accustomed style to give a charge (as it were) rather than to throw himself in with those whom he addresses. (See Note on 1Peter 1:12.) There is one important point to be observed. Christ is said to have suffered "for you," but this does not mean "in your stead" but "on your behalf, for your good." Christ's atonement for us is not represented in this passage as vicarious. He did not, according to St. Peter's teaching, die as a substitute for us, any more than He rose again as our substitute. So far as the words themselves go, the death of the Messiah "for us" might have been such a death as that of the hero who, in the battle of Murgarten, gathered the Austrian spears like a sheaf into his own bosom, "for" his fellow-patriots, clearing the way for them to follow. The addition "for you" conveys the thought that in gratitude we ought to suffer with, or even for, Him. . . . Verse 21. - For even hereunto were ye called; that is, to do good and to suffer patiently (comp. 1 Thessalonians 3:3). Omit "even," for which there is no authority. St. Peter is speaking of slaves, but what he says of slaves is true in some sense of all Christians (comp. Acts 14:22). Because Christ also suffered for us; rather, for you, with the oldest manuscripts. You do not suffer alone; Christ also suffered, and that for you slaves, on your behalf. "Christ himself," says Bengel, "was treated as a slave; he deigns to exhibit his own conduct as an example to slaves." Leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. The oldest manuscripts have the second person here in both places. Leaving (ὑολιμπάνων), leaving behind; Bengel says, "in abitu ad pattern." The Greek for "example" is ὑπογραμμός ( α word which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means a copy set by a writing or drawing master, which was to be exactly reproduced by his pupils (see 2 Macc. 2:28, in the Greek). The life of Christ is our model. In particular St. Peter urges us to imitate the Lord's patience in suffering undeserved afflictions. In the last clause the figure is changed to that of a guide along a difficult route, so difficult that those who follow must put their feet in his footprints. We should follow his steps, one by one, closely following him, as the word ἐπακολουθήσητε means (comp. Mark 16:20; 1 Timothy 5:10, 24).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. to this Εἰς (Eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. you were called, ἐκλήθητε (eklēthēte) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. Christ Χριστὸς (Christos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. also καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. suffered ἔπαθεν (epathen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3958: I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. for ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. you, ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. leaving ὑπολιμπάνων (hypolimpanōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5277: To leave behind. A prolonged form for hupoleipo; to leave behind, i.e. Bequeath. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. an example, ὑπογραμμὸν (hypogrammon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 5261: A writing-copy, an example, pattern. From a compound of hupo and grapho; an underwriting, i.e. Copy for imitation. that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. you should follow in ἐπακολουθήσητε (epakolouthēsēte) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1872: To follow close after, accompany, dog; I imitate, pursue, be studious of. From epi and akoloutheo; to accompany. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. footsteps: ἴχνεσιν (ichnesin) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 2487: A track, footstep. From ikneomai; a track. 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