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1 Peter 1:15 KJV

1 Peter · chapter 1 · verse 15

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;1 Peter 1:15 · King James Version

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1 Peter 1:15 in context

13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

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

17And 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:

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Commentary

Here the apostle begins his exhortations to those whose glorious state he had before described, thereby instructing us that Christianity is a doctrine according to godliness, designed to make us not only wiser, but better. I. He exhorts them to sobriety and holiness. 1.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-23

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Key words (Strong's)

conversationanastrophēmanner of life, conduct, behaviour, deportmentG391 →
calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
holyhagiosmost holy thing, a saintG40 →

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