1 Peter 1:15
But be ye holy in all your conduct, as he is holy who hath called you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
16Because it is written: Be ye holy, even as I am holy.
Cross References
Matthew 5:48Be ye therefore perfect; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Romans 8:28And we know that he aideth him in all things, for good, who love God; them whom he predestined to be called.
2 Corinthians 7:1Seeing, therefore, we have these promises, my beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit; and let us work righteousness, in the fear of God.
Philippians 1:27Let your conduct be as becometh the gospel of the Messiah; so that if I come I may see you, and if absent I may hear of you, that ye stand fast in one spirit and in one soul, and that ye strive together in the faith of the gospel.
Philippians 3:14and I run straight for the goal, that I may obtain the prize of victory of the call of God from on high, by Jesus the Messiah.
1 Thessalonians 2:12and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his 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 →