Matthew 5:48 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴⁸ You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁸ You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect. [Lev. 19:2, 18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁸ Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Common English Bible

⁴⁸ Therefore, just as your heavenly Father is complete in showing love to everyone, so also you must be complete.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁸ Therefore, be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 5:48 Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.

2 Samuel 22:31

This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the man of peace.

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth.

Leviticus 19:2

“Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:26

You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is 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.

Matthew 5:47

And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one when he is fully taught will be like his teacher.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

Deuteronomy 18:13

You shall be blameless before the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:10

You shall therefore obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day.”

Colossians 1:28

Him we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man mature in Christ.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

James 1:4

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.