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45 For I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.

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45 I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt(A) to be your God;(B) therefore be holy, because I am holy.(C)

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44 For I am the Lord your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.

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“I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.

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“I am the Lord your God,(A) who brought you out(B) of Egypt,(C) out of the land of slavery.(D)

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16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:16 Lev 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7.

16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

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

I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt.

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I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(A) Then you will know(B) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives.

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For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(A)

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43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,
    his chosen ones with rejoicing.
44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,
    and they harvested crops that others had planted.
45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees
    and obey his instructions.

Praise the Lord!

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43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,(A)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,(B)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled(C) for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.(D)

Praise the Lord.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

The Lord’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,
    and I called my son out of Egypt.

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God’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child,(A) I loved(B) him,
    and out of Egypt I called my son.(C)

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38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

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38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan(A) and to be your God.(B)

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