“for to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving to you an example, that you may follow His steps,”— 1 Peter 2:21 (LSV)
18Servants, be subject in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked;
19for this [is] grace: if anyone endures sorrows because of conscience toward God, suffering unrighteously;
20for what renown [is it], if sinning and being battered, you endure [it]? But if, doing good and suffering [for it], you endure, this [is] grace with God,
21for to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving to you an example, that you may follow His steps,
22who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in His mouth,
23who being reviled—was not reviling again, suffering—was not threatening, and was committing Himself to Him who is judging righteously,
24who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree that having died to sins, we may live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed;