1 Peter 2:21

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

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

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.