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Called to Be Holy: A Life in Imitation of Christ. 1 Peter 2 powerfully reminds us of our divine calling and responsibility as believers. As living stones, we form a spiritual house, a community that reflects the goodness of God.
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What does 1 Peter 2:21 mean? In verses 18–20, Peter has been discussing why and how Christians must submit to the human authority of their masters. This is a necessary part of submitting to the true authority: God Himself.
David Guzik commentary on 1 Peter 2, where Peter explains how to come to Jesus through His word and how those who have come to Jesus are to live.
He was patient in tribulation, devoted in prayer, and full of grace and truth, and Jesus learned obedience by the things that He suffered. He did not complain but patiently endured by humbling Himself and becoming obedient, even to the point of death on a cross.
To live rightly in such a place, Peter gives them a two-pronged strategy: 1. They must maintain their identity as God’s holy people---which in turn may cause them to suffer unjustly. They must be prepared for such suffering; but without retaliation. 2. Their allegiance to God in Christ does not exempt them from submitting to pagan authority
(1 Peter 2:20) - - Christ's successful enduring of painful unjust suffering is worthy to be emulated, because He endured with perfection that entire suffering event of His crucifixion.
(1 Peter 2:21-25) The example of Jesus. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin,
