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] ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless

because I [am] Yahweh your God, and you must keep yourselves sanctified, so that you shall be holy, because I [am] holy. And you must not make yourselves unclean with any swarmer that moves along on the land,

"Speak to all the community of the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'You must be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, [am] holy.

And you shall be holy for me, because I, Yahweh, [am] holy, and I have singled you out from the nations to be mine.

You must be blameless before Yahweh your God.

[There] was a man in the land of Uz whose name [was] Job. That man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.

Observe [the] blameless and look at [the] upright, for [there is] a future for a man of peace.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful!

Therefore [since we] have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, accomplishing holiness in the fear of God.

For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong, and we pray for this: your maturity.

Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.

whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

And let endurance have [its] perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.

but as the one who called you [is] holy, [you] yourselves be holy in all [your] conduct,

Even

In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,

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

General references

And listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and observe his commandments and his rules that I [am] commanding you {today}."

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful!