⁴⁴ For ^(A)I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and ^(B)be holy, because I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. ^45 (C)For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; so ^(D)you shall be holy, because I am holy.’”

² “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^(A)You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

⁷ You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and ^(A)be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

¹⁴ As ^[a](A)obedient children, do not ^[b](B)be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ^(C)ignorance, ¹⁵ but ^[c](D)like the Holy One who called you, ^[d](E)be holy yourselves also ^(F)in all your behavior; ¹⁶ because it is written: “^(G)You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

¹⁷ If you ^(H)address as Father the One who ^(I)impartially ^(J)judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves ^(K)in fear during the time of your ^(L)stay on earth;