1Pe 2:20-22, 1Jo 3:5 | ESV | STEP | For what credit is it if , when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure ? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure , this is a gracious thing in the sight of God .

a ch. 3:17, 18; 4:13, 16

b ch. 3:9; See Acts 14:22

c[See ver. 20 above]

dSee Matt. 11:29

e Isa. 53:9; [2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15; 1 John 3:5]

f Heb. 9:26; See ch. 1:2

g[Isa. 53:11, 12]

hSee 1 Pet. 2:22

1 Peter 2:20-22

20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^aif when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For ^bto this you have been called, ^cbecause Christ also suffered for you, ^dleaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 ^eHe committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

1 John 3:5

5 You know that ^fhe appeared in order to ^gtake away sins, and ^hin him there is no sin.