Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The Sermon on the Mount begins with the Beatitudes blessing the poor in spirit, mourners, meek, and peacemakers. Jesus declares he has come not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. Six antitheses intensify the Law's demands: not just …
Other Translations
Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.
Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Cross References
Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred …
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, …
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of …
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness …
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, …
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend …