16because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.


In Context

13 Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace which will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

14 as children of obedience, not conformed to your former lusts in your ignorance;

15 but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conversation;

16 because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.

17 And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,

18 knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers,

1 Peter 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:16for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16because it is written, |You shall be holy; for I am holy.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16because it hath been written, 'Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Because it is written, Be you holy; for I am holy.