“For elsewhere, again, (we read): "Be ye holy, just as He withal was holy " -in the flesh, namely.”
Tertullian, 3th c. — On Monogamy
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15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
— 1 Peter 1:15 —
16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: