1 Peter 1:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance[a] 15 but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,(A) 16 for it is written, “Be holy because I [am] holy.”(B)
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- 1:14–16 The ignorance here referred to (1 Pt 1:14) was their former lack of knowledge of God, leading inevitably to godless conduct. Holiness (1 Pt 1:15–16), on the contrary, is the result of their call to the knowledge and love of God.
1 Peter 1:14-16
King James Version
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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