I am the LORD your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.

I am the LORD who brought you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.

Keep yourselves holy, because I am the LORD your God.

You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the LORD and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.

The people must consider the priest holy, because he presents the food offerings to me. I am the LORD; I am holy and I make my people holy.

a people dedicated to me alone, and you will serve me as priests."

They were calling out to each other: "Holy, holy, holy! The LORD Almighty is holy! His glory fills the world."

The sound of their voices made the foundation of the Temple shake, and the Temple itself became filled with smoke.

Do two people start traveling together without arranging to meet?

You must be perfect---just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done. How can right and wrong be partners? How can light and darkness live together?

How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, "I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people."

All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.

Instead, be holy in all that you do, just as God who called you is holy.

The scripture says, "Be holy because I am holy."