“Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

1 Peter 1:16 (KJV) |

1 Peter 1:16

From 1 Peter 1, in the Book of 1 Peter (New Testament).

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As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

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But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

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

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And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

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Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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