Matthew 5:48

Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. It sets God's own character as the standard of love and righteousness.

Cross-references · 22

• 1 Pet 1:15–16But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
• Jas 1:4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
• Lev 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
• Deut 18:13Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
• Luke 6:36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
• Eph 5:1–2Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• 1 Jn 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• Col 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
• Luke 6:40The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Matt 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Lev 11:44For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
• Lev 20:26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
• Gen 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Job 1:1–3There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Phil 3:12–15Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
• Matt 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Ps 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
• 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
• 2 Cor 13:9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
• Col 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• Eph 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

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