A Call to Holiness
1 Peter 1:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”Leviticus 11:44–45; Leviticus 19:2
- KJV
- Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
- WEB
- because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
- ASV
- because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
- LSV
- because it has been written: “Become holy, because I am holy”;
- YLT
- because it hath been written, 'Become ye holy, because I am holy;'
- DBY
- because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.
- DRC
- Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.
- GNV
- Because it is written, Be yee holie, for I am holie.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔσεσθε (“you will be”); Textus Receptus read γένεσθε (“do become”); Byzantine text read γίνεσθε (“do be”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA27, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include εἰμι (“am”); NA28, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort include ὅτι (“that”); NA28, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ὅτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 27th edition read ὅτι; Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: ἔσεσθε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔσεσθε; Robinson–Pierpont read γίνεσθε.
- SBLGNT: ἅγιος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἅγιος; Nestle–Aland 27th edition, Robinson–Pierpont add εἰμι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- διότι γέγραπται ὅτι Ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιος.
- RP2018
- διότι γέγραπται, Ἅγιοι γίνεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιός εἰμι.
- TR-Boyd
- διότι γέγραπται, Ἅγιοι γένεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιός εἰμι.
- SCR1894
- διοτι γεγραπται αγιοι γενεσθε οτι εγω αγιος ειμι
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
HolinessGodHoliness of God, TheExample of Christ, TheConduct, ChristianRegenerationPeter, SimonScriptures, TheCommandmentsPeter, the First Epistle of
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
- Amos 3:3Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).