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


In Context

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

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

17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,

1st 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 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 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.