What does the Bible mean
when is says to be holy like God?
I think the passage you
are referring to is “Be holy, for I am holy.” [Found in both Leviticus 11:44; 1
Peter 1:16]
To be sure, biblical terms
translated "holy" or "holiness" (Hebrew - qadosh, Greek - hagios)
carries a strong secondary meaning of moral purity. But moral purity is not,
first and foremost, what Scripture is talking about. Instead, the most basic
meaning of the words is to be "set apart." God is separate from all
that He created. God wants us to be separate for Him—dedicated to Him. It’s a
matter of relationship. “I will be your God, and you will be my people,"
He said [Leviticus 26:12; Hebrews 8:10].
Unless we rightly
understand and affirm the primacy of this relationship, we fall into the
inevitable trap of reducing holiness to mere morality.
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