14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires you used to conform to[a] in your ignorance, 15 but as the one who called you is holy, you yourselves be holy in all your conduct, 16 for it is written, “You will be holy, because I am[b] holy.”[c][d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:14 This is an understood repetition of the earlier verb “be conformed to”
  2. 1 Peter 1:16 Here the verb is understood in Greek and is supplied in the translation
  3. 1 Peter 1:16 A quotation from Lev 19:2
  4. 1 Peter 1:16 Some manuscripts explicitly state “I am holy”

14 As obedient(A) children, do not conform(B) to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.(C) 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;(D) 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2