Easter · Fourth Sunday of Easter · Year A
1 Peter 2:19-25
He Bore Our Sins in His
April 26, 2026
Overview & Insights
“For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example.” (1 Peter 2:21)
Beginning at v. 19 keeps this passage attached to the people it was written for, the household servants of v. 18, told to submit even to unjust masters. The hymn about Christ that follows is therefore offered first as consolation to people with no legal recourse, and only afterwards as doctrine, an order worth preserving when the text is read to a congregation of free citizens. The word for example in v. 21 is the copy line a schoolmaster wrote for a child to trace over, and it appears nowhere else in the Greek Bible. Verse 24 then shifts the logic from imitation to substitution, and its word for the cross is “tree,” which imports the curse of Deuteronomy 21:23 much as Paul does at Galatians 3:13. Nearly every clause in vv. 22-25 comes from Isaiah 53. The closing title, shepherd and overseer of your souls, is the only place the New Testament calls Christ an overseer, and it is why this epistle is read beside John 10.
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Commentary
Commentary on 1 Peter 2:19-25Commentary on 1 Pt 2:19-25 Working Preacher (Luther Seminary)
Lutheran reading of Christ as example, healer, and restorer amid unjust suffering.
1 Peter 2:19-25 Commentary1 Pt 2:19-25 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on this exact pericope.
The First Letter of Peter - The Christian in a Hostile World Agape Bible Study
Catholic lesson on enduring unjust suffering, covering this household-code passage.
1 Peter 2:18-25 Commentary1 Pt 2:18-25 Commentary Precept Austin
Evangelical verse-by-verse commentary matching this reading almost exactly.
1 Peter 2 - Coffman's Commentaries1 Pt 2 - Coffman's Commentaries StudyLight.org
Additional commentary voice on the household-code and suffering material in chapter 2.
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