Matthew 5:48

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Summary

Matthew 5:48

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Ye

Even

General references

Deuteronomy 27:10

Luke 6:36

Bible References

Ye

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live in My presence and be blameless.

For I am Yahweh your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.

You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

Watch the blameless and observe the upright,
for the man of peace will have a future.

Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always contending for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured in everything God wills.

But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

But as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;

Even

In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.

General references

Obey the Lord your God and follow His commands and statutes I am giving you today.”

Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.