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1 Peter 1:16 KJV

1 Peter · chapter 1 · verse 16 · King James Version

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.1 Peter 1:16 · King James Version

1 Peter 1:16 in context

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:

18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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