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


In Context

13 Wherefore having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

14 As children of obedience, not fashioned according to the former desires of your ignorance:

15 But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:

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

17 And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16because it is written, Be ye 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.