1 Peter 2:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes.

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  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 He that saith he remaineth in him, ought euen so to walke, as he hath walked.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the disciples hearts, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through many afflictions enter into the kingdome of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, and was put to death concerning the flesh, but was quickened by the spirit.
  • 1 Pet 4:1 : 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh, arme your selues likewise with the same minde, which is, that he which hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sinne,
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whome are all these thinges, and by whome are all these things, seeing that hee brought many children vnto glory, that he should consecrate the Prince of their saluation through afflictions.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For those which hee knewe before, he also predestinate to bee made like to the image of his Sonne, that hee might be the first borne among many brethren.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smelling sauour to God.
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus,
  • John 13:15 : 15 For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.
  • John 16:33 : 33 These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that in me ye might haue peace: in the world ye shall haue affliction, but be of good comfort: I haue ouercome the world.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will shewe him, howe many things he must suffer for my Names sake.
  • Ps 85:13 : 13 Righteousnesse shall go before him, and shall set her steps in the way.
  • Matt 10:38 : 38 And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.
  • Mark 8:34-35 : 34 And hee called the people vnto him with his disciples, and saide vnto them, Whosoeuer will followe me, let him forsake himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me. 35 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: but whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospels, he shall saue it.
  • Luke 9:23-25 : 23 And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, and followe me. 24 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it. 25 For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple. 27 And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple.
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Ought not Christ to haue suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 That no man should be moued with these afflictions: for ye your selues knowe, that we are appointed thereunto.
  • 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 Be yee followers of mee, euen as I am of Christ.
  • Acts 17:3 : 3 Opening, & alleadging that Christ must haue suffered, and risen againe from the dead: and this is Iesus Christ, whom, said he, I preach to you.
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 Which was ordeined before the foundation of the world, but was declared in the last times for your sakes,
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we being dead to sinne, should liue in righteousnesse: by whose stripes ye were healed.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 But they ouercame him by that blood of that Lambe, and by that worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their liues vnto the death.

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  • 1 Pet 2:19-20
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    19For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-18
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    16Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

    17For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.

    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust, that he might bring vs to God, and was put to death concerning the flesh, but was quickened by the spirit.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh, arme your selues likewise with the same minde, which is, that he which hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sinne,

  • Phil 1:29-30
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    29For vnto you it is giuen for Christ, that not onely ye should beleeue in him, but also suffer for his sake,

    30Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare to be in me.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience & faith in al your persecutions & tribulatios that ye suffer,

    5Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffer.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-14
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    12Dearely beloued, thinke it not strange concerning the firie triall, which is among you to proue you, as though some strange thing were come vnto you:

    13But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.

    14If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified.

  • 1 Pet 2:22-24
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    22Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth.

    23Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.

    24Who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we being dead to sinne, should liue in righteousnesse: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the world.

    10And the God of all grace, which hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesus, after that ye haue suffered a litle, make you perfite, confirme, strengthen and stablish you.

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brethren, bee followers of mee, and looke on them, which walke so, as yee haue vs for an ensample.

  • 1 Pet 4:16
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    16But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.

  • 2 Tim 2:3
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    3Thou therefore suffer affliction as a good souldier of Iesus Christ.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1Be yee followers of mee, euen as I am of Christ.

  • 1 Thess 2:12
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    12That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
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    13And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?

    14Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit their soules to him in well doing, as vnto a faithfull Creator.

  • 1 Thess 1:6-7
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    6And ye became followers of vs, and of the Lorde, and receiued the worde in much affliction, with ioy of the holy Ghost,

    7So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleeue in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  • Heb 12:3-4
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    3Consider therefore him that endured such speaking against of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your mindes.

    4Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood, striuing against sinne.

  • John 13:15
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    15For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.

  • Heb 5:8
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    8And though he were ye Sonne, yet learned he obedience, by the things which he suffered.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

  • Heb 2:10
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    10For it became him, for whome are all these thinges, and by whome are all these things, seeing that hee brought many children vnto glory, that he should consecrate the Prince of their saluation through afflictions.

  • 2 Cor 1:5-6
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    5For as the sufferings of Christ abounde in vs, so our consolation aboundeth through Christ.

    6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and saluation, which is wrought in the induring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and saluation.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations,

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

  • John 21:19
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    19And this spake he signifying by what death he shoulde glorifie God; when he had said this, he said to him, Folowe me.

  • 1 Pet 2:15
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    15For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

  • Jas 5:10
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    10Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, and of long patience, which haue spoken in the Name of the Lord.

  • Eph 4:1
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    1I therefore, being prisoner in the Lorde, praie you that yee walke worthie of the vocation whereunto yee are called,

  • 2 Thess 2:14
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    14Whereunto he called you by our Gospel, to obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ.

  • Heb 2:18
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    18For in that he suffered, and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

  • Heb 10:32-33
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    32Nowe call to remembrance the dayes that are passed, in the which, after ye had receiued light, ye endured a great fight in afflictions,

    33Partly while yee were made a gazing stocke both by reproches & afflictions, and partly while ye became companions of them which were so tossed to and fro.