1 Peter 1:15

Because the God who called them is holy, believers are to be holy in all their conduct. Holiness in every area of life is the fitting response to a holy God's call.

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• Matt 5:48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Heb 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
• Jas 3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
• Eph 5:1–2Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• 1 Jn 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• 1 Th 4:3–7For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
• Phil 2:15–16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
• 1 Pet 2:12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
• 1 Pet 2:9But 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:
• Phil 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• Luke 1:74–75That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
• Rom 8:28–30And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• 2 Pet 3:11–14Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
• Heb 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
• Titus 3:14And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
• Rev 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
• Isa 6:3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• 2 Tim 1:9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
• Phil 3:14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
• Phil 3:20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Pet 1:3–10According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
• 1 Tim 4:12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• 1 Th 2:12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
• Titus 3:8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
• 1 Pet 5:10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• 1 Pet 3:16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
• Rev 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
• Rev 4:8And 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.
• Rom 9:24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

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