1 Peter 2:21

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To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in His footsteps.

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  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 Whoever says they abide in Him must also walk as He walked.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 4:1 : 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin.
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for Him—for whom and through whom everything exists—to bring many sons to glory by making the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Matt 11:29 : 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.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus:
  • John 13:15 : 15 For I have given you an example, so that you also should do just as I have done for you.
  • John 16:33 : 33 'I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble. But take courage! I have overcome the world.'
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake."
  • Ps 85:13 : 13 Indeed, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its produce.
  • Matt 10:38 : 38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
  • Mark 8:34-35 : 34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.' 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
  • Luke 9:23-25 : 23 Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.' 24 'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.' 25 'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 So that no one would be unsettled by these troubles. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
  • 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For you know the commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
  • Acts 17:3 : 3 He explained and presented evidence that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, 'This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.'
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

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  • 1 Pet 2:19-20
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    19For this is commendable: if someone endures grief, suffering unjustly because of their conscience toward God.

    20What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.

  • 1 Pet 3:16-18
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    16Yet do so with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are maligned, those who accuse your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

    17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

    18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.

  • 1 Pet 4:1
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    1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin.

  • Phil 1:29-30
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    29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

    5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-14
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    12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    13But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

    14If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

  • 1 Pet 2:22-24
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    22He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.

    23When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

    24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9Resist him, standing firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

    10But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Join together in imitating me, brothers and sisters, and keep your eyes on those who live as we do, as they are an example for you.

  • 1 Pet 4:16
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    16However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

  • 2 Tim 2:3
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    3Endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

  • 1 Thess 2:12
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    12encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
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    13Who then will harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

    14But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be intimidated.

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator while continuing to do good.

  • 1 Thess 1:6-7
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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the message in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

    7As a result, you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

  • Heb 12:3-4
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    3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

    4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

  • John 13:15
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    15For I have given you an example, so that you also should do just as I have done for you.

  • Heb 5:8
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    8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.

  • Heb 2:10
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    10For it was fitting for Him—for whom and through whom everything exists—to bring many sons to glory by making the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  • 2 Cor 1:5-6
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    5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

    6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

  • John 21:19
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    19Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me.'

  • 1 Pet 2:15
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    15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish people.

  • Jas 5:10
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    10Take, my brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience.

  • Eph 4:1
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    1Therefore, I, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

  • 2 Thess 2:14
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    14He called you to this through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 2:18
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    18Because He Himself has suffered when tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

  • Heb 10:32-33
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    32Remember those earlier days after you had been enlightened, when you endured a hard struggle with suffering.

    33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insults and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.