Matthew 5:48

The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies

⁴⁷ And if ye only greet your friends, what do ye extra? Do not even the tax collectors this way? ⁴⁸ Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

Father in Heaven

Heavenly Father

Our Father in Heaven

Leviticus 19:2

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.

Colossians 1:28

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

Genesis 17:1

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.

Deuteronomy 18:13

Thou shall be perfect with LORD thy God.

Luke 6:36

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

2 Corinthians 7:1

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

Philippians 3:12-15

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.

Colossians 4:12

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.

James 1:4

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

1 Peter 1:15-16

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

Leviticus 11:44

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.

Leviticus 20:26

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.

Job 1:1-3

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.

Psalm 37:37

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

Matthew 5:16

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

Matthew 5:45

so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every disciple who is fully developed will be as his teacher.

2 Corinthians 13:9

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

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 5:1-2

Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

1 John 3:3

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

Ephesians 3:1

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