48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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.
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
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 the…
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