"Thereforeyou are to be perfect,as your heavenlyFatheris perfect.
And let endurancehave[its] perfectresult,sothat you may be perfectand complete,lackingin nothing.
"Speakto allthe congregationof the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'You shall be holy,for I the LORDyour Godam holy.
"Be merciful,justas your Fatheris merciful.
"You shall be blamelessbeforethe LORDyour God.
We proclaimHim, admonishingeverymanand teachingeverymanwith allwisdom,sothat we may presenteverymancompletein Christ.
And everyonewho hasthishope[fixed] on Him purifieshimself,justas He is pure.
Therefore,havingthesepromises,beloved,let us cleanseourselvesfrom alldefilementof fleshand spirit,perfectingholinessin the fearof God.
"A pupilis not abovehis teacher;but everyone,after he has been fully trained,will be likehis teacher.
"Let your lightshinebeforemenin such a waythat they may seeyour goodworks,and glorifyyour Fatherwho is in heaven.
Now when Abramwas ninety-nineyearsold,the LORDappearedto Abramand saidto him, "I am GodAlmighty;WalkbeforeMe, and be blameless.
For I am the LORDyour God.Consecrateyourselves therefore, and be holy,for I am holy.And you shall not makeyourselvesuncleanwith anyof the swarmingthingsthat swarmon the earth.
Thus you are to be holyto Me, for I the LORDam holy;and I have setyou apartfrom the peoplesto be Mine.
sothat you may be sonsof your Fatherwhois in heaven;for He causesHis sunto riseon [the] eviland [the] good,and sends rainon [the] righteousand [the] unrighteous.
Epaphras,whois one of your number,a bondslaveof JesusChrist,sends you his greetings,alwayslaboring earnestlyfor you in his prayers,that you may standperfectand fully assuredin allthe willof God.
For we rejoicewhenwe ourselvesare weakbut you are strong;thiswe alsoprayfor, that you be made complete.
Markthe blamelessman,and beholdthe upright;For the manof peacewill have a posterity.
Finally,brethren,rejoice,be made complete,be comforted,be like-minded,live in peace;and the Godof loveand peacewill be with you.
For thisreasonI, Paul,the prisonerof ChristJesusfor the sakeof you Gentiles--
"As for God,His wayis blameless;The wordof the LORDis tested;He is a shieldto allwho takerefugein Him.
"Ifyou greetonlyyour brothers,whatmoreare you doing[than others]? Do not eventhe Gentilesdothe same?
"You shall therefore obeythe LORDyour God,and doHis commandmentsand His statuteswhichI commandyou today."
