⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God,^(A) so you must consecrate yourselves^(B) and be holy because I am holy.^(C) Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

⁴ By these he has given us very great and precious promises,^(A) so that through them you may share in the divine nature,^(B) escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.