The Nugget:
1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
My Comment:
The Scriptures should be appealed to. This is reflected by Peter’s statement, “Because it is written.” But to be able to appeal to Scripture, you must first know the Scripture–at least enough of it to be able to appeal to the Scripture to document the correctness of your understanding of what it teaches, or to be able to share with someone an encouraging word from the Bible. Peter appealed to Leviticus 11:44 to emphasize the need for holiness in our daily Christian walk. Holiness is a very important issue in the Christian life (Hebrews 12:14). As people observe how we live, how we work, how we play, there should be an attractive difference in our lives that is not present in the lives of other people in the world that they know. We are to be in the world but not of the world. People flocked to Jesus. He appealed to all classes of people. He was almost notorious because He was known to associate (Luke 15:2) with publicans (tax collectors) and sinners (people with very poor moral reputations, like the woman at the well, John 4:17, 18). But they heard Him gladly, and Jesus said that the harlots and publicans and sinners would get their place in heaven (Matthew 21:31, 32) more than the religious officials and teachers of His day (see Matthew 9:10, 11; 11:19. Mark 2:15, 16. Luke 5:30; 7:34; 15:1). We need to be prepared to appeal to the Scriptures when people are attracted to us and ask us questions about spiritual things.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1456 for 1 Peter 1:16.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 1473 or in Logos 5 Bible software for 1 Peter 1:16.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
1 Peter 1:16. Because. T#1062. 1 Sam 9:27. Ac 8:35. 17:2, 3. 18:24-26, 28. 28:23. Ro 3:10. +1 Cor 1:31. it is written. Mt 4:4, 7. Be ye holy. ver. 1 P 1:2. Ex 19:6. 20:26. 22:31. 28:36. Le 6:18. *>Le 11:44. +Le 19:2. 20:7, 8, 26. Nu 15:40. Dt 7:6. 14:21. 26:19. Am 3:3. Ep 5:1. 2 Tim 1:9. He 12:10, +**He 12:14. for I am holy. ver. 1 P 1:15. Ex 15:11. Le 20:26. 1 S 2:2. Ps 99:9. Is 5:16. Hab 1:13. Mt 5:48. +*Mt 6:9. Lk 6:36. 1 J 3:7.
1 pe 1.16 because it is written,”You shall be Holy, For I am Holy.”
encouraging cross refs.(the best commentary on the bible is the bible)
1. lev 11.44 For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore,
and be holy; for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with
any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth.
2. lev 10.3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke,saying, By
those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people
I will be honored.”
3. lev 19.3 Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them,
You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
4. lev 20.7 You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the
Lord your God.
5. lev 20.26 Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have
set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.
6. ex 19.6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These
are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.
7. Dt 14.2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: and the Lord has chosen
you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face
of the earth.
8. 1 sam 6.20 Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall
He go up from us ?
9. psm 99.5 Exalt the Lord our God, and whorship at His footstool; Holy is He.
10. isa 6.3 And one called out to another and said,”Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of
hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.
11. isa 6.4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who
called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.
12. isa 6.5 Then I said, ” Woe is me, for i am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean
lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the
Lord of hosts.
13. amos 3.3 Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment?
14. mt 5.48 Therefore you are to be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
15. 1 th 4.7 For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.
16 1 pe 1.15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in your
behaviour;
17. 1 pe 1.16 because it is written, “You shall be Holy, for i am Holy.”
18. 1 pe 2.9 But you are a Chosen race, a Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation, a People
for God’s own Possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;