American Standard Version
"because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy. "
— 1 Peter 1:16, American Standard Version
“Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”
“because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."”
“for it is written,“You shall be holy, because I am holy.””
“Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
“Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.”
“Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”
Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;
because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ: