                          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
                thei ow pleasure bu h fo ou profit tha 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
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