Matthew 5:48

The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies

⁴⁷ And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ⁴⁸ Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Father in Heaven

Heavenly Father

Our Father in Heaven

Leviticus 19:2

"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.

Colossians 1:28

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

Genesis 17:1

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.

Deuteronomy 18:13

You shall be perfect with the LORD your God.

Luke 6:36

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

2 Corinthians 7:1

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

Philippians 3:12-15

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.

Colossians 4:12

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.

James 1:4

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

1 Peter 1:15-16

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

Leviticus 11:44

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.

Leviticus 20:26

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.

Job 1:1-3

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.

Psalm 37:37

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

Matthew 5:16

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

Matthew 5:45

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

2 Corinthians 13:9

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

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ephesians 5:1-2

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

1 John 3:3

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

Ephesians 3:1

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