Holiness.
I. Holiness in the heart, or as it works its way down to the depth of our nature. (1) In their unregenerate state men always fashion themselves after the pattern of their lusts or inward sinful desires; (2) the power of evil, though not expelled, is dethroned in the believer's heart, and the principle of dutiful obedience takes its place.
II. Holiness in the life, or as it widens out over the whole area of conduct. This enjoins holiness (1) in all our reading and thinking; (2) in all our conversation; (3) in all our acts.
III. Holiness in its standard: "Be ye holy, for I am holy."
J. C. Jones, Studies in First Peter,p. 111.
References: 1 Peter 1:14-16. W. Landels, Christian World Pulpit,vol. viii., p. 404. 1 Peter 1:15. Clergyman's Magazine,vol. iii,. p. 207. 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:16. J. Burton, Christian Life and Truth,p. 67; W. Simpson, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxi., p. 390.