^{21 Ref} for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

^{22 Ref} who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

^{23 Ref} who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

^{24 Ref} who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

^{25 Ref} for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

^{21 Ref} This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

^{22 Ref} Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

^{23 Ref} To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

^{24 Ref} He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

^{25 Ref} Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.