1st Peter Chapter 1 verse 16 Holy Bible
because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
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Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
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because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."
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because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'
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1st Peter 1 : 16 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy; literally, according to the best manuscripts, ye shall be holy - future for imperative. The words occur five times in the Book of Leviticus. God had called the Israelites to be his peculiar people, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exodus 19:5, 6). He has called us Christians to be "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people" (1 Peter 2:9). He is holy, awful in holiness; in his sight "the heavens are not clean." We who are his must strive to be holy, separated from all that is impure, consecrated to his service.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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 comes some five or six times in the Book of Leviticus, addressed not only to the Levites, but to all the people. It would, therefore, apply twice over to the recipients of this letter by virtue of their twofold consecration, in the old and in the new Israel.