What does this Bible passage say?

Read the study text slowly, thoughtfully, and prayerfully from your own Bible and the Study Text provided on this web page.

► What are your initial thoughts and how does this passage make you feel when you read it?

You may also find reading from other translations helpful, such as these on the Blue Letter Bible website:

• Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)
• New Living Translation (NLT)

► Which line or lines in the translation on this web page express the main idea of this paragraph?

Bible Study Passage

¹⁸

As Servants Toward Masters ^(2:18-25)

 Household servants, be subject to your masters with full respect,

not only to the good and gentle,

but also to the crooked and harsh; 

¹⁹ for this is grace: if a person is mindful of God and endures sorrow when suffering unjustly.

²⁰ After all, what credit is there if a person endures punishment because of sin?

But, if you endure suffering for doing good, this is grace with God. 

²¹

Christ Our Example ^(2:21-25)

 For into this suffering you were called, because Christ also suffered

for your benefit,

leaving you an example,

that you may follow in His steps. 

²² He did not commit sin,

nor was deceit found in His mouth, 

²³ who being reviled—

was not reviling in return,

when suffering—

did not threaten anyone,

but instead entrusted Himself to Him who judges righteously. 

²⁴ He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross,

having died to sins,

that we may live to righteousness;

by whose stripes you were healed; 

²⁵ for you were as sheep going astray,

but now you turned back to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 

What did this Bible passage mean
to the people of its day?

What is the message
of this Bible passage
for people today?

(Learn about them, then)

► If you have a study Bible, what do the notes on 1 Peter 2:18-25 teach you?

► Go to: https://www.bibleref.com/1-Peter/2/1-Peter-2-18.html 

• On the right side of the web page, click on the “Expand” button under the Context Summary section and read the commentary there.
• Then, on the left side of the web page, under the word VERSE, click on each of the verse numbers in this lesson (18-25), one at a time, and read the article “What does [this verse] mean?” on the right side of the web page.  (Click on the button “Expand” to see the whole article.)

► Optional: If you would like to watch Pastor John Piper’s Look at the Book Labs for this passage, go to https://www.desiringgod.org/scripture/1-peter/2/labs and scroll down to the videos that cover our study passage, 1 Peter 2:18-25.  

► What did you learn from the articles on these verses?

► What did God want or not want people to know, feel, think, say or do back when Peter wrote this letter?

(Learn for us, now)

(Christ is Our Example – 1 Peter 2:21-25)

► Why is this passage important for me to learn?

► What does God want or not want me to know, feel, think, say or do?

► How should I respond to this study passage? (Click HERE for ways that can help you respond to God’s word.)

► How will I make this happen this week?