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Forγὰρtoεἰςthisτοῦτοyou were called,ἐκλήθητεbecauseὅτιthe MessiahΧριστὸςalsoκαὶsufferedἔπαθενforὑπὲρyou,ὑμῶνleavingὑπολιμπάνωνyouὑμῖνan example,ὑπογραμμὸνso thatἵναyou might followἐπακολουθήσητεin his steps,τοῖς ἴχνεσιν αὐτοῦ
1 Peter 2:21
Study it in the app“For to this you were called, because the Messiah also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps,”
Peter says he bore our sins on the tree and by his wound we were healedThe CrossPeter presents the Messiah’s suffering as an example: he bore our sins in his bodySuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
1 Peter 2:21, word by word
- you were calledἐκλήθητεeklēthēte
call to life
God inviting someone to a new life.
Where else “eklēthēte” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- sufferedἔπαθενepathen
suffer
Suffer, undergo.
Where else “epathen” appears- leavingὑπολιμπάνωνhypolimpanōn
leave behind
Leave behind.
Where else “hypolimpanōn” appears- an exampleὑπογραμμὸνhypogrammon
example, pattern
Example, pattern to copy, like letters traced for a child to copy.
Where else “hypogrammon” appears- you might followἐπακολουθήσητεepakolouthēsēte
follow
Follow after, accompany.
Where else “epakolouthēsēte” appears- in his stepsἴχνεσινichnesin
footstep
Footstep, the track the foot leaves.
Where else “ichnesin” appears
The context
20For what credit is there if, when you sin and are beaten, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer you endure it, this is grace before God.
21 · This verse (above)
22who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth;