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20 But what credit is there if you are patient when beaten for doing wrong? But if you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good, this is a grace before God. 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered[a] for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps.(A)

22 “He committed no sin,(B)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:21 Suffered: some ancient manuscripts and versions read “died” (cf. 1 Pt 3:18).
  2. 2:22–25 After the quotation of Is 53:9b, the passage describes Jesus’ passion with phrases concerning the Suffering Servant from Is 53:4–12, perhaps as employed in an early Christian confession of faith; cf. 1 Pt 1:18–21 and 1 Pt 3:18–22.