1 Peter 1:16

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For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

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  • Lev 11:44 : 44 For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that move along the ground.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak to the entire assembly of the Israelites and tell them: 'Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.'
  • Lev 20:7 : 7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

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    14 As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

    15 But just as the One who called you is holy, so also be holy in all your conduct.

  • Lev 19:2
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    2 Speak to the entire assembly of the Israelites and tell them: 'Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.'

  • Lev 20:7-8
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    7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

    8 Keep my statutes and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Lev 11:44-45
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    44 For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that move along the ground.

    45 For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore, be holy, because I am holy.

  • Lev 20:26
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    26 You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the peoples to be mine.

  • 1 Thess 4:7
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    7 For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

  • 2 Cor 6:16-18
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    16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'

    17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'

    18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17 If you call upon the Father, who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, live your lives in reverent fear during the time of your temporary residence here.

  • Lev 21:8
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    8 You shall sanctify him, for he brings the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you, am holy.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.

  • Heb 12:14
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    14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
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    16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

    17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  • Lev 22:31-32
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    31 Therefore, keep My commandments and follow them. I am the LORD.

    32 Do not profane My holy name, for I must be regarded as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

  • Isa 5:16
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    16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted through justice, and the Holy God will show Himself holy through righteousness.

  • Heb 2:11
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    11 Both the One who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one Father. That is why He is not ashamed to call them brothers,

  • Exod 30:29
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    29 You shall consecrate them so they may be most holy; whatever touches them will be holy.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 1 Pet 3:15
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    15 But honor the Lord as holy in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

  • Exod 19:6
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    6 You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.

  • 1 Tim 4:5
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    5 It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

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    11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

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    3 For this is God’s will: your sanctification—that you abstain from sexual immorality.

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    10 You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.

  • Num 15:40
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    40 This will help you remember to follow all My commandments and to be holy to your God.

  • 1 Thess 5:23
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    23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    30 Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • 1 John 3:3
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    3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

  • Jude 1:20
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    20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

  • Rom 6:19
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    19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

  • 1 Pet 1:2
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    2 chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient and sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

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    9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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    14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.

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    2 Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

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    1 Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.

  • Num 6:8
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    8 For the entire period of their separation, they are holy to the LORD.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First, He says:

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    19 He will set you high above all the nations He has made, bringing you praise, fame, and honor. And you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.

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    2 For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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    48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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    12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

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    16 Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Remove your evil deeds from My sight; stop doing evil.

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    7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice,