1 Peter 1:16 KJV — MannaFest

1 Peter 1:16

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

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

DBT

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

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1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.

Author: The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
Date: Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)

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Cross-references

12 verses on the floor

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.
1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Revelation 15:4
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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 as it is sanctified by God. God, in giving the command, is willing to give also the power to obey it, namely, through the sanctifying of the Spirit (1Pe 1:2).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Connections1

The quotation web

Quotes LEV 19:2
'Be ye holy; for I am holy' ('it is written')

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Word trails from this verse

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

G136023× in canon G40220× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1PE 1:16AMO 3:3 2CO 6:14-16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1PE 1:16LEV 19:2 1PE 1:15-16
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
1PE 1:16LEV 19:2 LEV 20:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1PE 1:16LEV 20:7 LEV 19:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1PE 1:16LEV 19:2 LEV 11:44-45
1PE 1:16LEV 20:7 LEV 11:44
1PE 1:16AMO 3:3 GEN 17:1
1PE 1:16LEV 11:44 EXO 20:2

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