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1 Peter 1:15–16

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15but as the one who called you is holy, you yourselves be holy in all your conduct, 16for it is written, “You will be holy, because I am* holy.”fg

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

Footnotes

  1. *Here the verb is understood in Greek and is supplied in the translation
  2. fA quotation from Lev 19:2
  3. gSome manuscripts explicitly state “I am holy”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But as the one who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct; for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

NLTNew Living Translation

But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.