⁷ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

⁴⁴ For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

² Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

³ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

⁷ For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

¹⁴ Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

¹⁵ But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

¹⁶ Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.