1 Peter 2:20-21
New King James Version
20 For (A)what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For (B)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [a]us, (C)leaving [b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:
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- 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
- 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
1 Peter 2:20-21
New American Standard Bible
20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if (A)when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
Christ Is Our Example
21 For (B)you have been called for this purpose, (C)because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you (D)an example, so that you would follow in His steps,
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1 Peter 2:20-21
King James Version
20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
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Matthew 10:38
New King James Version
38 (A)And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
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Matthew 10:38
New American Standard Bible
38 And (A)the one who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
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Matthew 10:38
King James Version
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
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1 Peter 4:1-2
New King James Version
Christ’s Example to Be Followed
4 Therefore, since Christ suffered [a]for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, (A)but for the will of God.
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- 1 Peter 4:1 NU omits for us
1 Peter 4:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Keep Fervent in Your Love
4 Therefore, since (A)Christ has [a]suffered in the flesh, (B)arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because (C)the one who has [b]suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 (D)so as to live (E)the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the (F)will of God.
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- 1 Peter 4:1 I.e., suffered death
- 1 Peter 4:1 I.e., suffered death
1 Peter 4:1-2
King James Version
4 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;
2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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