15 But as the One who called you(A) is holy,(B) you also are to be holy in all your conduct; 16 for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.(C)[a]

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“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy(A) because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.(B)

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For God has not called us to impurity(A) but to sanctification.

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28 We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

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12 Epaphras,(A) who is one of you, a slave of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always contending(B) for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured[a] in everything God wills.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 4:12 Other mss read and complete

13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son,(A) growing into a mature man with a stature(B) measured by Christ’s fullness.

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Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises,(A) let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit,(B) completing our sanctification[a] in the fear of God.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Or spirit, perfecting holiness

And everyone who has this hope(A) in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.(B)

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