Matthew 5:48

The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies

⁴⁷ And if you say 'Good morning' to your brothers only, what more than others are you doing? ⁴⁸  So you, my followers, ought to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is."

Father in Heaven

Heavenly Father

Our Father in Heaven

Colossians 1:28

We are proclaiming Him, warning everyone and teaching everyone with ample wisdom, in order to present to God everyone mature through union with Christ.

Luke 6:36

Continue to be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

2 Corinthians 7:1

So, since we have such promises as these, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles our bodies and spirits, and in reverence to God carry on our consecration to completeness.

Philippians 3:12-15

It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always earnestly pleading for you in his prayers that you may stand fast as men mature and of firm convictions in everything required by the will of God.

James 1:4

but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.

1 Peter 1:15-16

but in accordance with the Holy Being who has called you, you must prove to be holy too,

Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.

Luke 6:40

A pupil is not better than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

2 Corinthians 13:9

I am glad to be consciously weak, if you are really strong. This is my continual prayer, the perfecting of your characters.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, goodbye! Practice the perfecting of your characters, keep listening to my appeals, continue thinking in harmony and living in peace, and the loving, peace-giving God will be with you.

Ephesians 5:1-2

So you must keep on following God's example, as dearly loved children of His,

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.

Ephesians 3:1

This is why I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of the heathen --