1 Peter 1:16 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 1:16

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

On Exhortation to Chastity (220)

The will of God is our sanctification, for He wishes His "image "-us-to become likewise His "likeness; " that we may be "holy" just as Himself is "holy." That good-sanctification, I mean-I distribute into several species, that in some one of those species we may be found.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And yet it is required in strong terms, and enforced by three reasons, taken from the grace of God in calling us,--from his command, it is written, --and from his example. Be you holy, for I am holy. Learn, (1.) The grace of God in calling a sinner is a powerful engagement to holiness.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy - Lev 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 Mic 4:5. It is a great truth, that people everywhere will imitate the God whom they worship. They will form their character in accordance with his. They will regard what he does as right.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διότι	dioti	because	G1360 →
γέγραπται·	gegraptai	it has been written:	G1125 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἅγιοι	hagioi	Holy	G40 →
ἔσεσθε,	esesthe	you will be,	G1510 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἅγιος	hagios	holy	G40 →
εἰμι.	eimi	am.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 3:3
Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–16
  Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 17:1
  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Through
Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:15–16
  But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 20:7
  Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 11:44–45
  For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
Through
Leviticus 20:7
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:2
  “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 11:44
  For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
Through
Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
leads to
- Exodus 20:2
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.