1 Peter 1:16

because it is written, Be you holy, for I am holy.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

In Context

15but as he who has called you is holy, so be you holy in all your behavior:

17And since you call on the Father, who, without respect of persons, judges according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

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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 →

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