Matthew 5:48

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

Sin, temptation and holiness Loving neighbors and enemies

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English	Original word	Root	#
Be	esesthe Ἔσεσθε	esomai	11
ye	hymeis ὑμεῖς	hymeis	7
therefore	oun οὖν	oun	13
perfect	teleioi τέλειοι	teleios	2
even	hōsper ὡσπερ	hōsper	5
as your	hymōn ὑμῶν	hymōn	29
Father	patēr πατὴρ	patēr	17
which	ho ὁ	ho	145
is in	en ἐν	en	40
heaven	ouranois οὐρανοῖς	ouranos	19
is	estin ἐστιν	esti	14
perfect	teleios τέλειός	teleios	2

Memory passages these point to

J-1 James 1:2-4 J-91 Luke 6:35-43 P-47 Colossians 1:24-29 S-1 James 1:2-5 S-92 Luke 6:35-40

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ye therefore perfect 15

Genesis 17:1
1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
Leviticus 11:44
44For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Leviticus 19:2
2"Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: "You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
Leviticus 20:26
26And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
Deuteronomy 18:13
13You shall be blameless before the LORD your God.
Job 1:1-3
1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. 2And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.
Psalms 37:37
37Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace.
Luke 6:36, 40 J-91 Luke 6:35-43 S-92 Luke 6:35-40
36Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
2 Corinthians 7:1
1Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Corinthians 13:9, 11
9For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete.
11Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Philippians 3:12-15
12Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
Colossians 1:28 P-47 Colossians 1:24-29
28Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 4:12
12Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
James 1:4 J-1 James 1:2-4 S-1 James 1:2-5
4But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
1 Peter 1:15-16
15but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."

even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect 4

Matthew 5:16, 45 Matthew 5:16Matthew 5:45
16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Ephesians 3:1
1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles--
Ephesians 5:1-2
1Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
1 John 3:3
3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.