1 Peter 1:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 11:44 : 44 `For I `am' Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I `am' holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 `Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy `am' I, Jehovah, your God.
  • Lev 20:7 : 7 `And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I `am' Jehovah your God;

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    7for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

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    8and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy `am' I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

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    29and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

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    3for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

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