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20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure? But if (A)when you do good and suffer for it, you endure, this finds favor with God.

Christ, Our Example

21 For to this (B)you have been called, (C)since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you (D)an example that you should follow in His steps, 22 who (E)did no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

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20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.(A) 21 To this(B) you were called,(C) because Christ suffered for you,(D) leaving you an example,(E) that you should follow in his steps.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9