1 Peter 1:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. [Lev. 11:44, 45.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁶ It is written, “You will be holy, because I am holy.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

1 Peter 1:16 Cross References

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Leviticus 19:2

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

Amos 3:3

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.