Chapter two begins with quoting I Peter 1:14-16:
"As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts {which were yours} in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all {your} behavior because it is written, 'YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.'"
The holiness that God implores us to embrace is not a "cultural holiness" in which we create a list of moral and ethical do's and don'ts. The holiness that we are to seek is nothing less than conforming to his divine character. As we spend time with him and put to death our own selfish desires we will begin to see his character shine through. We shall be holy, because he is holy!! On this journey. . .may I live a life in which others experience God when they encounter me!
