1 Peter 1:16
“Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.”
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1 Peter 1:16 Context
14As obedient children, not fashioning your selues according to the former lusts, in your ignorance: 15But as hee which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all maner of conuersation; 16Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy. 17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons iudgeth according to euery mans worke, passe the time of your soiourning here in feare: 18For as much as ye know that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as siluer and golde, from your vaine conuersation receiued by tradition from your fathers;
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Other Translations for 1 Peter 1:16
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
- King James Version
because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
- Basic English Bible
because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.
- Darby Bible
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
- Webster's Bible
Because it stands written, "You are to be holy, because I am holy."
- Weymouth Bible
because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."
- World English Bible
for it is writun, Ye schulen be hooli, for Y am hooli.
- Wycliffe Bible
because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 1:16
1:16 #Lev 11:44|.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 1:16
1Pe 1:16 Because it is written. See Le 11:44 19:2. Be ye holy; for I am holy. We must not only submit to God's commands but seek to imitate his holiness.