1 Peter 1:16

Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:

17And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:44For I am the Lord your God: be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.

Leviticus 20:7Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy because I am the 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 →

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