1 Peter 1:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because it is written, "Be holy; for I am holy."

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  • Lev 11:44 : 44 For I am the LORD your God: therefore you shall sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy: nor shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
  • Lev 20:7 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy: for I am the LORD your God.

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    7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy: for I am the LORD your God.

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    45For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy.

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    26And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.

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    7For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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    16And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

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    8You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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    14Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

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    16Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

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    31Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

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    16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

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    11For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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    29And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whoever touches them must be holy.

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    11And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

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    40That you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy to your God.

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    30You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

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