1_peter_1:16
1 Peter 1:16
| Greek |
διότι γέγραπται ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. διότι ἐγὼ ἅγιος. |
| ESV |
since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
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| NIV |
for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
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| NLT |
For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”
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| KJV |
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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