14 As [a](A)obedient children, do not [b](B)be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your (C)ignorance, 15 but [c](D)like the Holy One who called you, [d](E)be holy yourselves also (F)in all your behavior; 16 because it is written: “(G)You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

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  1. 1 Peter 1:14 Lit children of obedience
  2. 1 Peter 1:14 Or conform yourselves
  3. 1 Peter 1:15 Lit according to
  4. 1 Peter 1:15 Or become

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