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Matthew 5:48

WEB

48Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

KJV

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

BSB

48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

FBV

48Grow up and become completely trustworthy,[+] just as your heavenly Father is trustworthy.”

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Extra References

1 Peter 1:15-16

15but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior, 16because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

James 1:4

4Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Leviticus 19:2

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.

Luke 6:36

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

Deuteronomy 18:13

13You shall be blameless with the LORD your God.

Ephesians 5:1-2

1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. 2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Colossians 1:28

28We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

1 John 3:3

3Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Luke 6:40

40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Leviticus 11:44

44For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.