1 Peter 1:15
13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- KJV
- But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
- WEB
- but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior,
- ASV
- but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
- DARBY
- but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all [your] conversation;
- BLB
- But according as the One having called you⁺ [is] holy, be holy yourselves also in all [your] conduct,
- ÅB
- men vær, etter den Hellige som kalte dere, også dere hellige i all deres ferd!
- OTB
- men som Den Hellige som kalte dere, vær også hellige i all deres oppførsel;
- B1930
- men vær, efter den Hellige som kalte eder, også I hellige i all eders ferd!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:48
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Read in contextHebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Read in contextJames 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Read in contextEphesians 5:1–2
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Read in contextPhilippians 2:15–16
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Read in context1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:3–7
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
Read in context