18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Holiness
• Light and Darkness

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:8 — Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1Cor 1:8 — Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
• 1Pet 1:14 — As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
• 1Pet 1:15 — But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
• 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 1Pet 2:12 — Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
• 1Pet 2:12 — Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
• 1Thess 5:23 — And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1Thess 5:23 — And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1Tim 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
• 1Tim 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
• 1Tim 3:10 — And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
• 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
• 1Tim 5:20 — Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
• 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
• 2John 1:8 — Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
• 2Pet 3:14 — Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
• 2Pet 3:14 — Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
• Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
• Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
• Acts 20:30 — Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
• Dan 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or
• Deut 32:5 — They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
• Deut 32:5 — They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
• Eph 1:4 — 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:
• Eph 5:1 — Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• Eph 5:7 — Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
• Eph 5:27 — 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.
• Exod 39:37 — The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
• Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• Gen 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
• Gen 39:3 — And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
• Heb 7:26 — For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• Isa 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Isa 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Isa 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
• John 4:36 — And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
• John 5:35 — He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.