For less than $5/mo. gain access to $3,100 worth of premium resources to enhance your study of Scripture. Start your free trial today! 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a] Holy …

(16) Be ye holy; for I am holy.--The better reading here is, Ye shall he holy; it is still, however, a command, not a promise--except that all God's commands are promises. The command …

New International Version for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." American Standard Version because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning …

What does 1 Peter 1:16 mean? Verse 16 finishes the thought begun in verse 15. Peter quotes a well-known command of God to His people Israel (Leviticus 11:44–45; 19:2; 20:7). He does …

1 Peter 1:16 In-Context 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day. for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

1 Peter 1:16–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 16 for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially …

1 Peter Chapter 1 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 …

1 Peter 1:15–16 — American Standard Version (ASV) 15 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; 16 because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I …