1 Peter 1:16-18
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
16 Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.
17 And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.
18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:
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1 Peter 1:16-18
New International Version
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](A)
17 Since you call on a Father(B) who judges each person’s work(C) impartially,(D) live out your time as foreigners(E) here in reverent fear.(F) 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(G) from the empty way of life(H) handed down to you from your ancestors,
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2
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