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1 Peter 1:16-18
Lexham English Bible
1 Peter 1:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 for it is written, “You will be holy, because I am[a] holy.”[b][c] 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence, 18 because you[d] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,
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- 1 Peter 1:16 Here the verb is understood in Greek and is supplied in the translation
- 1 Peter 1:16 A quotation from Lev 19:2
- 1 Peter 1:16 Some manuscripts explicitly state “I am holy”
- 1 Peter 1:18 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal
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