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Suffering is a Calling
Multiple commentators emphasize that enduring unjust suffering is not an accident but a core part of the Christian "calling." The verse frames hardship not as a sign of God's absence or personal failure, but as an expected and divinely ordained aspect of following Christ. As Charles Spurgeon noted, believers are called to be mistreated even when they do right.
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1 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 2:21
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 2:21
For hereunto were ye called (εις τουτο γαρ εκληθητε). First aorist indicative of καλεω, to call. They were called to suffer withou…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 2:21
19th Century
Bishop
For even hereunto were you called.—Namely, to the combination of suffering and well-doing. To this they “were called” by …
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 2:21
19th Century
Preacher
For even hereunto were ye called-
Called to do right, and to suffer for it! Ah me, what a call is that!
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 2:21
Peter’s exhortation for Christians to be submissive now receives a christological foundation. Christians are “called” (GK 2813) to suffer. The “cal…
John Calvin
On 1 Peter 2:21
16th Century
Theologian
For even to this were you called. For though his discourse concerned servants, this passage should not be confined to that subject. The Ap…
John Gill
On 1 Peter 2:21
17th Century
Pastor
For even hereunto were you called
Both to well doing, of which none but those who are called with an holy and effect…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Peter 2:18–25
17th Century
Minister
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…