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Be holy for I am holy

God said, be holy, for I am holy.
To be holy is to do and keep the commandments of God.

Romans 7:12 KJV
[12] Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

1 Peter 1:16 KJV
[16] Because it is written, be ye holy; for I am holy.

Points:

-- be holy for I the Lord your God am holy --- Leviticus 19:2
-- be holy for I am the Lord your God --- Leviticus 20:7
-- you shall keep my statutes, and do them, I am the Lord which sanctify you --- Leviticus 20:8
-- be holy unto me, for I the Lord am holy --- Leviticus 20:26
-- for I the Lord which sanctify you am holy --- Leviticus 21:8
-- I am the Lord which hallow you --- Leviticus 22:32
-- remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God --- Numbers 15:40
-- be a holy people to God, if you keep the commandments and walk in his ways --- Deuteronomy 28:9
-- Exalt God and worship at his footstool, for he is holy --- Psalm 99:5
-- I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel --- Isaiah 43:3
-- I am the Lord, your Holy One --- Isaiah 43:15
-- Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord your God --- Isaiah 48:17
-- you had hearkened to my commandments, then you had peace and righteousness --- Isaiah 48:18
-- God is your Redeemer the Holy One, God of the whole earth --- Isaiah 54:5
-- The Lord is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment --- Lamentations 1:18
-- the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel --- Ezekiel 39:7
-- Jesus said, sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you --- John 5:14
-- Jesus said, go and sin no more --- John 8:11
-- If you love me, keep my commandments --- John 14:15
-- present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God --- Romans 12:1
-- the kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit --- Romans 14:17
-- the temple of God is holy, which temple you are --- 1 Corinthians 3:17
-- know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit --- 1 Corinthians 6:19
-- they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts --- Galatians 5:24
-- the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth --- Ephesians 5:9
-- Because it is written, be holy, for I am holy --- 1 Peter 1:16
-- he is righteous, and everyone that does righteousness is born of him --- 1 John 2:29

Commentary

To be holy is to be righteous.
To be righteous is to do and keep the commandments.
be holy and keep the commandments.

It's not that you cannot keep the commandments, but that you have not kept them.

It's not that you cannot keep the commandments, but that you have not kept them.

Jesus said to go and sin no more:

John 5:14 KJV
[14] Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

John 8:11 KJV
[11] She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.