Matthew 5:48 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁴⁸ So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

¹⁶ Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

⁴⁵ so that you may show yourselves true sons of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on bad and good alike, and makes the rain fall on the upright and the wrongdoers.

³⁶ You must be merciful, just as your Father is.

⁴⁰ A pupil is not better than his teacher, but every pupil when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

¹ So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

⁹ I am glad to be weak, if you are strong! That is what I pray for—the perfecting of your characters.

¹¹ Now brothers, goodbye! Be what you ought to be, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and God the source of love and peace will be with you.

¹ This is why I, Paul, whom Jesus the Christ has made a prisoner for the sake of you heathen—

¹ So follow God's example, like his dear children, ² and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

¹² Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider that I have captured it yet, only, forgetting what is behind me, and straining toward what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward. ¹⁵ Let as many of us therefore as are mature have this attitude. If you have any different attitude, God will make this clear to you.

²⁸ And in spreading the news of him, we warn everyone and teach everyone all our wisdom, in order to bring everyone to Christian perfection.

¹² Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always standing up for you in his prayers that you may stand fast, like men of mature convictions, whatever God's will for you may be.

⁴ and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects.

¹⁵ but like the holy Being who has called you, you must also prove holy in all your conduct, ¹⁶ for the Scripture says, "You must be holy, Because I am holy."

³ And everyone who possesses this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as he is.