⁷ Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the Lord your God.

⁸ And you shall keep My statutes and do them. I am the Lord Who sanctifies you.

²⁶ And you shall be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.

⁸ [Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God).

¹⁵ But as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living.

¹⁶ For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy.^(A)

⁷ For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].

⁴ Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.

³ And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).

⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God; so consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am holy; neither defile yourselves with any manner of thing that multiplies in large numbers or swarms.^(A)

⁴⁵ For I am the Lord Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy.^(B)

² Say to all the assembly of the Israelites, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.^(A)

² Preserve my life, for I am godly and dedicated; O my God, save Your servant, for I trust in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, without fear or doubt].