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1 Peter 1:16

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

1 Peter 1:16 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
New International Version (NIV)for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
English Standard Version (ESV)since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
New King James Version (NKJV)because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

Context of 1 Peter 1:16

14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15But as he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all your behaviour; Because 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 way of life received by tradition from your fathers;

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1 Peter 1:16 word by word

διότι γέγραπται· ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιοςRead the interlinear

Becauseδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
yeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:16

Leviticus 11:44For 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 19:2Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Leviticus 20:7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Amos 3:3Can two walk together, except they are agreed?

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:16

Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy - Leviticus 11:44. This command was addressed at first to the Israelites, but it is with equal propriety addressed to Christians, as the professed people of God. The foundation of the command is, that they professed to be his people, and that as his people they ought to be like their God. Compare Micah 4:5. It is a great truth, that people everywhere will imitate the God whom they worship. They will form…Read the comment
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 As the traveller, the racer, the warrior, and the labourer, gathered in their long and loose garments, that they might be ready in their business, so let Christians do by their minds and affections. Be sober, be watchful against all spiritual dangers and enemies, and be temperate in all behaviour. Be sober-minded in opinion, as well as in practice, and humble in your judgment of yourselves. A strong and perfect trust in the grace of God, is…Read the comment
Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16"Be holy, because I am holy": This phrase appears often in Scripture. It emphasizes that God's people must be holy like God (see Leviticus 11:44–45; 19:2; 20:7; also Ezekiel 20:12; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Revelation 22:11).Read the comment
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Scripture is the true source of all authority in questions of doctrine and practice. Be ye ... for I am--It is I with whom ye have to do. Ye are mine. Therefore abstain from Gentile pollutions. We are too prone to have respect unto men [Calvin]. As I am the fountain of holiness, being holy in My essence, be ye therefore zealous to be partakers of holiness, that ye may be as I also am [Didymus]. God is essentially holy: the creature is holy in so far…Read the comment

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