Verse 21

For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
  • 1 Pet 4:1 : 1 So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
  • John 13:15 : 15 For I have given you an example– you 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 have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
  • Ps 85:13 : 13 Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.
  • 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 Following Jesus Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.
  • Luke 9:23-25 : 23 A Call to Discipleship Then he said to them all,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it. 25 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
  • 1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
  • Acts 17:3 : 3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying,“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.