1 Peter 2:18-25

Bible Text

[18] Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. [19] For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. [20] For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God. [21] For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, [22] who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth." [23] Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously; [24] who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. [25] For you were going astray like sheep; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Zion, originally Jerusalem’s fortified hill and later a biblical name for God’s dwelling and his covenant people, is not directly mentioned in 1 Peter 2:18–25 but frames the preceding citation of Christ as the chosen cornerstone. The passage applies that Christ-centered identity to suffering believers, calling them to follow the shepherd who bore sins and gathers his people.

Places in this passage

1 Peter 2:18-25 mentions Zion.

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