“Be holy, for I am holy.”

Because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, ...
—1 Peter 1:16-18 (NKJV)

Can the Lord's Word speak for itself without much commentary? Yes, I do believe it can. But for emphasis, I itinerate “Be holy, for I am holy.”