1 Peter 1:17
And if all of you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
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16Because it is written, Be all of you holy; for I am holy.
Cross References
Genesis 47:9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
1 Chronicles 29:15For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
Job 34:19How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me.
Matthew 6:9After this manner therefore pray all of you: Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name.
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 →