⁶ you^[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests^(A) and a holy nation.’^(B) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

² “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel^(A) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,^(B) am holy.^(C)

⁷ “‘Consecrate yourselves^(A) and be holy,^(B) because I am the Lord your God.^(C)

²⁶ You are to be holy to me^(A) because I, the Lord, am holy,^(B) and I have set you apart from the nations^(C) to be my own.

⁴⁸ Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.^(A)

⁷ For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.^(A)

¹⁵ But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;^(A)

¹⁶ for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”^[a](A)

¹¹ Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”^(A)