1 Peter 1:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ because it has been written, “Be set-apart, for I am set-apart.”

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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

Isaiah 35:8

And there shall be a highway, and a way, and it shall be called “The Way of Set-apartness.” The unclean does not pass over it, but it is for those who walk the way, and no fools wander on it.

Leviticus 11:44

‘For I am יהוה  your Elohim, and you shall set yourselves apart. And you shall be set-apart, for I am set-apart. And do not defile yourselves with any creeping creature that creeps on the earth.

Leviticus 11:45

‘For I am יהוה  who is bringing you up out of the land of Mitsrayim, to be your Elohim. And you shall be set-apart, for I am set-apart.

Leviticus 19:2

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 20:7

‘And you shall set yourselves apart, and shall be set-apart, for I am יהוה  your Elohim,

Amos 3:3

Would two walk together, without having met?