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13 ¶ Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,

14 as obedient sons, not conforming yourselves with the former desires that you had before in your ignorance,

15 but as he who has called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

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

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Be Holy

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,(A) set your hope(B) on the grace to be brought to you(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.(D) 14 As obedient(E) children, do not conform(F) to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.(G) 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;(H) 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](I)

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Footnotes

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