1 Peter 1:16
because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
In Context
15but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:44For I am LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and become ye holy, since I am holy. Neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moves upon the earth.
Leviticus 20:7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and become ye holy, for I am LORD your God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24
Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →