King James Version (KJV)

1 Peter 1:16

โ€œBecause it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.โ€

Verse in context โ€” 1 Peter 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 conversation;

16

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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