1 Peter 1:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;`

English ASV

because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

English Amplified

For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. [Lev. 11:44, 45.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. [Lev. 11:44, 45.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.

English EASY 2024

In the Bible God says this: ‘You must be holy, because I am holy.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

In the Scriptures God says, "Be holy, because I am holy."

since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The scripture says, “Be holy because I am holy.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Scripture says, "Be holy, because I am holy."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

for it is written, “ You shall be holy, because I am holy.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

It is written, "Be holy, because I am holy."--(Leviticus 11:44,45; 19:2)

English NIV

for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

English NKJ 1982

because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

English NLT

For he himself has said, "You must be holy because I am holy."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For Scripture says: “You are to be holy, because I am holy.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

He himself has said, “You must be holy, for I am holy.“

English Tyndale 1537

because it is written: Be ye holy, for I am holy.

1 Peter 1:16 — Compare Translations