1 Peter 1:16

American Standard Version (1901)

because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 11:44 : 44 For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.
  • Lev 20:7 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

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    44For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.

    45For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

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    26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

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    7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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    16And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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    8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.

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    1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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    14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

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    16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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    31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.

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    29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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    5for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

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    30Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah.

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    14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

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