1 Peter 1:16

because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behaviour,

17If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

Leviticus 20:7“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for 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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