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1 Peter 1:16

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16because it is written, oBe ye holy; for I am holy.

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1 Peter 1:16: …since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

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  1. oCited from Lev. 11. 44, which see.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for it is written, “You will be holy, because I am holy.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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