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]

² “Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy^(A) because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.^(B)

⁷ For God has not called us to impurity^(A) but to sanctification.

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

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)

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.

7 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)

³ And everyone who has this hope^(A) in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.^(B)