1 Peter 1:16
because it hath been written, 'Become ye holy, because I am holy;'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
In Context
15but according as He who did call you [is] holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:44'For I [am] Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;
Leviticus 20:7'And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] Jehovah 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 →