'Holy' in the Bible

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

And great, we confess, is the mystery [the hidden truth] of godliness:He (Jesus Christ) who was revealed in human flesh,Was justified and vindicated in the Spirit,Seen by angels,Preached among the nations,Believed on in the world,Taken up in glory.

But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons,

for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, [that special endowment] which was intentionally bestowed on you [by the Holy Spirit] through prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands on you [at your ordination].