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Matthew 5:48 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verse 48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.Matthew 5:48 · King James Version
Matthew 5:48 in context
46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:15-16
- James 1:4
- Leviticus 19:2
- Luke 6:36
- Deuteronomy 18:13
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Colossians 1:28
- 1 John 3:3
Key words (Strong's)
- perfectteleiosbrought to its end, finished, wanting nothing necessary to completeness, perfect, that…G5046 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
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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, Mat 5:43. God said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-48