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

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.

For I am LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and become ye holy, since I am holy. Neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moves upon the earth.

Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I LORD your God am holy.

And ye shall be holy to me, for I, LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

Thou shall be perfect with LORD thy God.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.

Become ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.

For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we pray for, your full qualification.

Not that I have already obtained or have already been fully perfected, but I press forward, if also I might seize upon that for which also I was seized by Christ Jesus.

Whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

Epaphras, the bondman of Christ from you, salutes you, always striving for you in prayers, so that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God.

And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.

but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,

Even

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

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

Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

And every man who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that man is pure.

General references

Thou shall therefore obey the voice of LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

Become ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.