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1 Peter 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

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


1 Peter 2:21Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Peter 2:2118 words
GreekMeaning
εἰςeis
To thisprepositionG1519
τοῦτοtouto
hereuntodemonstrativeG3778
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ἐκλήθητεeklēthēte
you have been calledverbG2564
ὅτιhoti
becausewordG3754
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
ΧριστὸςChristos
ChristnounG5547
ἔπαθενepathen
sufferedverbG3958
ὑπὲρhyper
forprepositionG5228
ὑμῶνhymōn
youpronounG4771
ὑμῖνhymin
youpronounG4771
ὑπολιμπάνωνhypolimpanōn
leavingverbG5277
ὑπογραμμὸνhypogrammon
an examplenounG5261
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
ἐπακολουθήσητεepakolouthēsēte
you may follow afterverbG1872
τοῖςtois
thearticleG3588
ἴχνεσινichnesin
stepsnounG2487
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Peter 2:21

Let us then continually persevere in our hope, and the earnest of our righteousness, which is Jesus Christ, who bore our sins in His own body on the tree, 1 Peter 2:24 who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth, 1 Peter 2:22 but endured all things for us, that we might live in Him. 1 John 4:9 Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer Acts 5:41; 1 Peter 4:16 for His name's sake, let us glorify Him. For He has set us this example 1 Peter 2:21 in…

Polycarp · 2nd century · Epistle to the Philippians, 8

But if we also, beloved brethren, are in Christ; if we put Him on, if He is the way of our salvation, who follow Christ in the footsteps of salvation, let us walk by the example of Christ, as the Apostle John instructs us, saying, He who says he abides in Christ, ought himself also to walk even as He walked. 1 John 2:6 Peter also, upon whom by the Lord's condescension the Church was founded, Matthew 16:18 lays it down in his epistle, and says, Christ suffered for us, leaving…

Cyprian · 3rd century · On the Advantage of Patience, 9
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