SCRIPTURES ON HOLINESS Lev 11:44,45 "For I am the Lord your God:ye shall sanctify yourselfs,and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy." KJV "I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground. I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy." NIV Lev 19:1,2 "And the Lord spake unto Moses saying, Speak unto unto all the congregation of the childern of Israel and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord you God am holy" KJV "The Lord said to Moses, Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them:'Be holy because I, the Lord your God am holy." NIV Lev 20:7,8 "Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy for I am the Lord your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you." KJV "Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord who makes you holy." NIV Num 15:39,40 "And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes after which ye use to go a whoring: That you may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God." KJV "You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your hearts and eyes. Then you will be consecrated to your God." NIV ROM 11:16,18 "For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy and if the root be holy, so are the branches........ Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee." KJV "If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy, so are the branches. Do not boast over those branches . If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you." NIV Rom 12:1,2 "I beseech you therefore, brethern by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your resonable service. And be not confromed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye might prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God." KJV "Therefore, I urge you, brothers in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifices to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but, be transformed by the renewing of your mind Then you will be able to test and approve God's will His good, pleasing and perfect will." NIV Eph 1:3,4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessing in hevenly places in Christ. According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in Love. KJV "Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blame- less in his sight." NIV Eph 5:25--27 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." KJV "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless." NIV I Pet 1:14--16 "As obedient childern, not fashioning yourselves accord- ing to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Because it is written, Be ye holy for I am holy." KJV "As obedient childern, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is SOME OTHER SCRIPTURES ON HOLINESS II Cor 7:1 "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, prefecting holiness in the fear of God." KJV "Since we have have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, prefecting holiness out of reverence for God." NIV Heb 12:10 "For they verily for a few days chastened us after theiò owî pleasure» buô hå foò ouò profit¬ thaô we might be partakers of His holiness." KJV "Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplined us for our own good that we might share in His holiness." NIV Rom 6:22 "But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life." KJV "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness and the result is eternal life." NIV