27 Bible Verses about Holiness

but as he who called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conduct; because it is written, "Ye shall be holy, for I am holy."

who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee, because thy judgments are made manifest.

who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee, because thy judgments are made manifest.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

in order that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship;

For ye were once darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Clothe yourselves, therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, with compassionate affections, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

but as he who called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conduct; because it is written, "Ye shall be holy, for I am holy."

"Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not anything unclean;" "and I will receive you, and will be to you a father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

So that the Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and right, and good.

For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;

in order that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones.

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

For God did not call us to live in uncleanness, but in purity.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and highpriest of our profession, Jesus;

If any one defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

but as he who called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conduct; because it is written, "Ye shall be holy, for I am holy."

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord;

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance; but as he who called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conduct; because it is written, "Ye shall be holy, for I am holy."

For such a highpriest also became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

For to this ye were called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps; who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

Sanctify them in thy truth; thy word is truth.

All Scripture is inspired by God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto every good work.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord;

For of this ye are sure, since ye know that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without

knowing this, that the Law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will become my disciples.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Seeing that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conduct and godliness,

but as he who called you is holy, be ye also holy in all your conduct;

For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

according as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him;

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations; knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.

For they indeed for a few days chastened us, according as it seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

that aged women likewise be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation to all men, was manifested, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in the present world;

nor yield up your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but yield up yourselves to God, as being alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

I speak in a way common among men on account of the weakness of your flesh. For as ye once yielded your members as slaves to impurity and to iniquity, in order to commit iniquity, so now yield your members as bondmen to righteousness in order to become holy.

For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judged, that if one died for all, then all died; and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.

I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine;

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me.

Ye are witnesses, and so is God, how holily, and righteously, and unblamably we conducted ourselves toward you that believe;

For God did not call us to live in uncleanness, but in purity.

Having then these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it, that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word; that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still, and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on these the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Let no one despise thy youth, but become an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.

and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship; and be not conformed to the fashion of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord;

I desire, then, that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Seeing that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conduct and godliness,

to grant to us, that being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we might worship him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all our days.

But now having been delivered from the slavery of sin, and having become the bondservants of God, ye have holiness as the fruit, and everlasting life as the end.

For in this manner in the old time the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship;

But now having been delivered from the slavery of sin, and having become the bondservants of God, ye have holiness as the fruit, and everlasting life as the end.

Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn upon you and rend you.

I do not pray thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil.

Sanctify them in thy truth; thy word is truth.

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and was regardful of him; and on hearing him, was in much anxiety, and listened to him gladly.

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets of old,

in holiness and righteousness before him, all our days.

that aged women likewise be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and was regardful of him; and on hearing him, was in much anxiety, and listened to him gladly.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, be diligent that ye may be found without spot and blameless before him in peace,

Seeing that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conduct and godliness,

Wherefore we also strive that, whether at home or absent, we may be approved by him. For we must all be made manifest before the judgmentseat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he did, whether good or bad.

But now having been delivered from the slavery of sin, and having become the bondservants of God, ye have holiness as the fruit, and everlasting life as the end.

Be not therefore partakers with them. For ye were once darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,