When Abram was 99 years old, Adonai appeared to Abram, and He said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Continually walk before Me and you will be blameless.
Matthew 5:48 - Tree of Life Version Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Common English Bible Therefore, just as your heavenly Father is complete in showing love to everyone, so also you must be complete. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect. |
When Abram was 99 years old, Adonai appeared to Abram, and He said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Continually walk before Me and you will be blameless.
As for God, His way is perfect. The word of Adonai is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Notice the man of integrity and watch the upright— for the man of shalom has a future.
“For I am Adonai your God. Therefore, sanctify yourselves, and be holy, for I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
“Speak to all the congregation of Bnei-Yisrael and tell them: You shall be kedoshim, for I, Adonai your God, am holy.
You are to be holy to Me, for I, Adonai, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, so that you would be Mine.
In the same way, let your light shine before men so they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than anyone else? Even the pagans do that, don’t they?
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Aim for restoration, encourage one another, be of the same mind, live in shalom—and the God of love and shalom will be with you.
For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this—your perfecting.
Therefore, since we have these promises, loved ones, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
For this reason I, Paul, am a prisoner of Messiah Yeshua for the sake of you Gentiles.
Therefore listen to the voice of Adonai your God, and do His mitzvot and statutes that I am commanding you today.”
We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Messiah.
Epaphras, who is one of your own, a slave of Messiah Yeshua, greets you. He is always laboring in prayer on your behalf, so you may stand complete and fully assured about everything that is God’s will.
And let endurance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.