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

Luke 6:36

Bible References

Ye

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Even

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

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

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

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

General references

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