Verses 15-16
15, 16. The positive side of the holiness is now set forth, with the same idea of fashioning yourself. Translate, but after the example of the Holy One who called you, be ye also yourselves holy in all your conduct. He is the model of all holiness.
Called From the former lusts and life.
Conversation Conduct, behaviour, with the old idea of walking and turning about, and meaning that holiness is to pervade every part of the life.
Written See Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:7; Leviticus 20:26. The ritual separation from impurity in these passages is typical of the moral sanctification required then as now. St. Peter’s use of the quotation brings out its spiritual significance as freed from the ritualistic, and presents it as the law of the New Testament. God is holy in his very essence, and the fountain of all holiness in men. His holiness is the reason for their holiness, as well as its pattern.
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