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1 Peter 2:22 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)
²²who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in his mouth;

Who committed no sin. Who was in all respects perfectly holy. There is an allusion here to Isa. 53:9, and the sense is that he was entirely innocent and that he suffered without having committed any crime. In this connection, the meaning is that we are to be careful that if we suffer, it should be without committing any crime. We should so live as the Savior did, as not to deserve to be punished, and thus only shall we entirely follow his example. It is as much our duty to live so as not to deserve the reproaches of others as it is to bear them with patience when we are called to suffer them. The first thing in regard to hard treatment from others is so to live that there shall be no just occasion for it; the next is if reproaches come upon us when we have not deserved them, to bear them as the Savior did. If he suffered unjustly, we should esteem it to be no strange thing that we should; if he bore the injuries done him with meekness, we should learn that it is possible for us to do it also; and should learn also that we have not the spirit of his religion unless we actually do it. On the expression here used, comp. Notes, Isa. 53:9; Heb. 7:26.

Nor was any deceit found in his mouth. There was no deceit, hypocrisy, or insincerity. He was in all respects what he professed to be, and he imposed on no one by any false and unfounded claim. All this has reference to the time when the Savior was put to death, and the sense is that though he was condemned as an impostor, yet that the charge was wholly unfounded. As in his whole life before, he was perfectly sincere, so he was eminently on that solemn occasion.

By Albert Barnes and Edward D. Andrews