Holiness
The theme of holiness in the Bible: God's holiness and the call to a set-apart, pure life. Key chapters from Leviticus to 1 Peter.
Holiness in the Bible describes both God's distinctive nature and the way of life by which people respond to it. The chapters below treat the call to “be holy,” standing in God's presence and the reshaping of everyday life toward holiness from different angles. Each link takes you straight to the reading page.
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- Leviticus 19
A chapter that ties holiness not to abstraction but to everyday conduct, gathering concrete commands from honest trade to kindness toward the stranger, from love of neighbor to justice.
- Isaiah 6
The chapter in which the prophet is shaken by a majestic vision in the temple and called to his task, portraying smallness before holiness and being cleansed and sent.
- Psalms 15
A brief question-and-answer psalm picturing what a life close to God looks like, highlighting integrity, keeping one's word and doing no wrong to a neighbor.
- Romans 12
Faith worked out in daily life — a chapter urging wholehearted devotion, humility, sincere love and overcoming evil with good.
- 1 Peter 1
The opening of a letter to believers under hardship, encouraging them to hold to a living hope and to lead a set-apart, pure life worthy of that hope.
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