Verse 21
21. Were… called To this patient endurance as a result of their call to follow Christ; and him they were called to follow whithersoever he might go, whether to the mount of transfiguration, where St. Peter found it good to be, (Matthew 17:4,) or to Gethsemane and Calvary. Philippians 1:29. The innocent Christ also suffered unjustly, and he suffered for us, which, with its other and larger benefits, furnishes a pattern for us to follow. A wonderful change has come upon the spirit of the apostle since his indignant cry at the bare suggestion of his Master’s suffering, “Be it far from thee, Lord; this thing shall not be unto thee.” Matthew 16:22. In no thought does he now more exult, save in that of the glory in which He will be revealed.
For us And so not for himself; pointing also to the vicarious character of his sufferings, more fully treated in 1 Peter 2:24.
Example Literally, a writing copy, set by a master, which his pupils are to imitate. It is a pattern of both personal innocence and patient submission.
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