Holiness

Holiness is being set apart for God and pure. This page lists verses on the call to be holy as God is holy, God's holiness, a holy people, and holy living.

Be holy, for God is holy

• Leviticus 11:44
  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.
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• Leviticus 19:2
  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.
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• Leviticus 20:26
  And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
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• 1 Peter 1:15-16
  ¹⁵But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; ¹⁶Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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God's holiness

• Isaiah 6:3
  And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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• Exodus 15:11
  Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
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• 1 Samuel 2:2
  There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
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• Revelation 4:8
  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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A holy people

• Exodus 19:6
  And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
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• Deuteronomy 7:6
  For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
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• 1 Peter 2:9
  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Called to holiness

• Ephesians 1:4
  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:
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• 1 Thessalonians 4:7
  For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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• 2 Corinthians 7:1
  Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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• Hebrews 12:14
  Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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Holy living

• Romans 6:19
  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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• Romans 12:1
  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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• Titus 2:11-12
  ¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, ¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
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• 2 Peter 3:11
  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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See also

• Holiness of God
• Sanctification
• Obedience

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.