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, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.

For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

"Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.

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

You shall be perfect with the LORD your God.

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

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

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

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

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

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

Even

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

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

General references

You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day."

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.