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


In Context

13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

15 but like as he which called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

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

17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16because it is written, Be ye 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.