Matthew 5:48 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Matthew 5:48 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …
James 1:4
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Deuteronomy 18:13
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Luke 6:36
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Commandments Company Devotion Discipleship Disobedience to God Duty

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 43-48)

We have here, lastly, an exposition of that great fundamental law of the second table, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, which was the fulfilling of the law. I. See here how this law was corrupted by the comments of the Jewish teachers, Matt. 5:43. God said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour; and by neighbour they understood those only of their own country, nation, and religion; and those only that they…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 48)

48. Be ye therefore--rather, “Ye shall therefore be,” or “Ye are therefore to be,” as My disciples and in My kingdom. perfect--or complete. Manifestly, our Lord here speaks, not of degrees of excellence, but of the kind of excellence which was to distinguish His disciples and characterize His kingdom. When therefore He adds, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect--He refers to that full…