Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them. - 1 Timothy 4:16

When Jesus told us to be holy, He wasn't saying to be perfect. We can't be. He was telling us to be set apart for God's purposes.

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James 1:27

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. - Galatians 1:10