1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
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.
What 1 Peter 2:24 means
Peter is writing to people suffering unjustly, and he points them to Christ’s suffering — not only as comfort in it but as the ground of their salvation. The language deliberately echoes Isaiah 53.
The purpose clause matters as much as the fact: he bore sin *so that* we might die to it and live to righteousness. The cross is not only about forgiveness of the past but about a changed relationship to sin going forward.
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Questions about 1 Peter 2:24
What does 1 Peter 2:24 mean?
It means Christ carried our sins in his own body on the cross so that we might be finished with sin and live for righteousness — and that by his wounds we are healed.
How does 1 Peter 2:24 connect to Isaiah 53?
It draws directly on Isaiah’s suffering servant, including the phrase about healing by his wounds, applying that prophecy explicitly to Jesus.