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.

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Even

General references

Deuteronomy 27:10

Luke 6:36

Bible References

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And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

For I am Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy am I, Jehovah, your God.

and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God,

A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

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

Salute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;

but according as He who did call you is holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

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

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

General references

and thou hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and done His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day.'

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.