1 Peter 1:15
but according to the Holy One who has called you. Be ye also holy in all your deportment;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
In Context
14As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:
16because it has been written, Ye shall be holy; because I am holy.
Cross References
Matthew 5:48Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Romans 8:28But we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.
2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Philippians 1:27Only live worthily of the gospel of Christ: in order that, whether coming and seeing you or being absent, I hear those things concerning you, that you are standing in one spirit, with one soul contending for the faith of the gospel;
Philippians 3:14but there is one thing, indeed forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal unto the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 2:12and testifying, that you walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
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 →