For hereunto were ye called (εις τουτο γαρ εκληθητε). First aorist indicative of καλεω, to call. They were called to suffer withou…

For even to this were you called. Such a spirit is required by the very nature of your Christian vocation; you were called into the church…

For even hereunto were you called.—Namely, to the combination of suffering and well-doing. To this they “were called” by …

For what glory is it, if, when you are buffeted for your faults, you shall take it patiently? But if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you …

Peter’s exhortation for Christians to be submissive now receives a christological foundation. Christians are “called” (GK 2813) to suffer. The “cal…

For even to this were you called. For though his discourse concerned servants, this passage should not be confined to that subject. The Ap…

For even hereunto were you called
Both to well doing, of which none but those who are called with an holy and effect…

Servants in those days were generally slaves and had heathen masters, who often treated them cruelly; yet the apostle directs them to be subject to…