44 For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.
Leviticus 19:2 CSB
2“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Leviticus 20:7 CSB
7Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.
1 Peter 1:15–16 (CSB)
15 But as the one who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;
16 for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.
Examining The Passages: 4 Concepts of Holiness
Point 1: Holiness is about the corporate responsibility of the believer to reflect God.
Point 2: Our individual efforts, alone, does nothing to serve the commandment to be holy in these texts unless they are done within the corporate responsibility of the commandment.
