Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:48 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is 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. |
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the heathens so?
The disciple is not above his master, but every one that is perfected, shall be as his master.
Finally, brethren, farewel: be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
Having therefore, beloved, these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from all pollution of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, (Seeing ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God,
Whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, that we may present every man perfect through Christ Jesus.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayer, that ye may stand, perfect and filled, with all the will of God.
And every one that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself even as he is pure.