1 Peter 1:16

because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.

Darby Translation

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, be ye also holy in all [your] conversation;

17And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:44For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth.

Leviticus 20:7Hallow yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Jehovah 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 →

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