Matthew 5:48

The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies

⁴⁷ and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so? ⁴⁸ ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

Father in Heaven

Heavenly Father

Our Father in Heaven

Leviticus 19:2

Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy am I, Jehovah, your God.

Colossians 1:28

whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

Genesis 17:1

And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

Deuteronomy 18:13

Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God,

Luke 6:36

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

Philippians 3:12-15

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

Colossians 4:12

Salute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,

James 1:4

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;

1 Peter 1:15-16

but according as He who did call you is holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

Leviticus 11:44

For I am Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

Leviticus 20:26

and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Job 1:1-3

A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

Psalm 37:37

Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.

Matthew 5:16

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

2 Corinthians 13:9

for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!

2 Corinthians 13:11

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

Ephesians 5:1-2

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

1 John 3:3

and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,