“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:
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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:
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;