1 Peter 1:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:
15but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
Lev 19:2
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2Speak 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 20:7-8
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7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
Lev 11:44-45
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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.
Lev 20:26
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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.
1 Thess 4:7
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7For God {G2564} called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
2 Cor 6:16-18
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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.
17Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
18And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
1 Pet 1:17
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17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
Lev 21:8
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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.
2 Cor 7:1
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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.
Heb 12:14
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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?
17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
Lev 22:31-32
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31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.
32And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you,
Isa 5:16
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16but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Heb 2:11
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11For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Exod 30:29
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29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
1 Cor 6:11
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11And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
1 Pet 1:22
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22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
1 Pet 3:15
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15but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: {G1161} [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
Exod 19:6
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6and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 Tim 4:5
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5for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
2 Pet 3:11
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11Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,
1 Thess 4:3
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3For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
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10and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
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40that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
1 Thess 5:23
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23And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lev 19:30
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Jude 1:20
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Rom 6:19
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19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members [as] servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members [as] servants to righteousness unto sanctification.
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1 Pet 2:9
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2 Pet 3:14
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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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2Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
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1Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
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8All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah.
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15And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after he hath said,
Deut 26:19
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Deut 14:2
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