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1 Peter 1:16

God's holinessPurity

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;

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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BSB
for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
KJV
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
WEB
because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
ASV
because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
DARBY
because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.
BLB
because it has been written: “You⁺ shall be holy, because I am holy.”
ÅB
for det er skrevet: Dere skal være hellige; for jeg er hellig.
OTB
for det er sagt: “Dere skal være hellige, for jeg er hellig.”
B1930
for det er skrevet: I skal være hellige; for jeg er hellig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 11:44

    For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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  • Leviticus 19:2

    Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

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  • Leviticus 20:7

    Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

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