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1 Peter 2:21

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

1 Peter 2:21 BSB

1 Peter 2:21 has 29 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 21 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 2:6 (36 votes) and Matthew 16:24 (21 votes). 52 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Genesis 16 to Revelation 12.

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Which verses does 1 Peter 2:21 point to?

The 20 strongest of 29, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 John 2:636 votes

    Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

  2. Matthew 16:2421 votes

    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

  3. John 13:1520 votes

    I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

  4. Ephesians 5:219 votes

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  5. 1 John 3:1616 votes

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

  6. 1 Corinthians 11:112 votes

    You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

  7. Philippians 2:59 votes

    Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

  8. 1 Peter 2:249 votes

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

  9. 1 Peter 4:19 votes

    Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

  10. Matthew 11:298 votes

    Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

  11. Acts 14:228 votes
  12. Romans 8:297 votes
  13. Matthew 10:386 votes
  14. 1 Peter 3:186 votes
  15. Luke 14:26–275 votes
  16. John 16:335 votes
  17. 2 Timothy 3:125 votes
  18. 1 Peter 3:95 votes

    Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

  19. Revelation 12:115 votes
  20. Psalm 85:134 votes

Which verses point to 1 Peter 2:21?

The 10 strongest of 52.