Bible verses about "holiness" | ACV

²⁶ And ye shall be holy to me, for I, LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

² Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I LORD your God am holy.

⁸ And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed, the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err in it.

²³ And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,

⁸ Finally brothers, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are commendable, if anything is a virtue, and if anything is praiseworthy, think on these things.

⁷ For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

²¹ If therefore any man purges himself from these things, he will be a vessel for esteem, sanctified and useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

⁹ But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

¹⁴ Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

¹ Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.

⁶ Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him. ⁷ Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous. ⁸ He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil. ⁹ Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God. ¹⁰ By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.

¹⁴ As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance, ¹⁵ but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct, ¹⁶ because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy.