1:4a holiness: Hagiosune, the nature and quality itself, as 2Cor. 7:1 and 1Thess. 3:13. Distinct from hagiasmos, the practical effect produced, the character in activity, translated 'holiness' in Rom. 6:19, 22; 1Cor. 1:30; 1Tim. 2:15; Heb. 12:14; and 'sanctification' in 1Thess. 4:3; 4:7; 2Thess. 2:13 and 1Pet. 1:2. Another word, hagiotes, is used in Heb. 12:10 (the only time in Scripture), for the quality itself.