Act 3:21, 9:13, Eph 3:5, Phili 2:15, 1Pe 1:16, 2:5, 9, 1Jo 3:1-2 | ESV | STEP | whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago .

15 that you may be blameless and innocent, ^gchildren of God ^hwithout blemish ⁱin the midst of ^ja crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine ^kas lights in the world,

1 Peter 1:16

16 since it is written, ^l“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

1 Peter 2:5

5 ^myou yourselves like living stones are being built up as ⁿa spiritual house, to be ^oa holy priesthood, ^pto offer spiritual sacrifices ^qacceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are ^ra chosen race, ^sa royal ^tpriesthood, ^ua holy nation, ^va people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^wout of darkness into ^xhis marvelous light.

1 John 3:1-2

1 See ^ywhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^zchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^aathe world does not know us is that ^abit did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are ^acGod’s children ^adnow, and what we will be ^aehas not yet appeared; but we know that ^afwhen he appears ^{▼▼Or when it appears} ^ahwe shall be like him, because ^aiwe shall see him as he is.