Matthew 5:48

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as youre father in heaue is perfecte.

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  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speake to the whole congregacion of the children of Israel, and saye vnto them: Ye shall be holy, for I am holy, euen the LORDE youre God.
  • Jas 1:4 : 4 and let pacience haue her parfect worke, yt ye maye be parfecte aud sounde, lakinge nothinge.
  • 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 but as he which hath called you is holy, eue so be ye holy also in all youre conuersacion: 16 for it it wrytte: Be ye holy, for I am holy.
  • Col 1:28 : 28 who we preach, and warne all men, and teach all men in all wyssdome, to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu:
  • Deut 18:13 : 13 But thou shalt be perfecte with the LORDE yi God.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 Now whan Abram was nyentye yeare olde and nyene, the LORDE appeared vnto him, & sayde vnto him: I am the allmightie God, walke before me, & be vncorrupte.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Seynge now that we haue soch promyses (dearly beloued) let vs clense oureselues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and growe vp to full holynes in ye feare of God.
  • Luke 6:36 : 36 Be ye therfore mercifull, as youre father also is mercifull.
  • Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children, 2 and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God.
  • Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I haue attayned vnto it all ready, or that I am allready perfecte: but I folowe, yf I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended off Christ Iesu. 13 Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before, 14 & preace vnto ye marck apoynted, to optayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God in Christ Iesu. 15 Let vs therfore (as many as be parfecte) be thus wyse mynded: and yf ye be otherwyse mynded, I praye God open euen this vnto you.
  • Lev 11:44 : 44 for I am the LORDE youre God. Therfore shal ye sanctifie youre selues, that ye maye be holy, for I am holy. And ye shal not defyle youre selues on eny maner of crepynge beest, that crepeth vpon earth:
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, & allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers, yt ye maye stonde perfecte and full, in all that is the wil of God.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And euery man yt hath this hope in him, pourgeth him selfe, euen as he is pure.
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me: for I the LORDE am holy, which haue separated you fro the nacions, that ye shulde be myne.
  • Job 1:1-3 : 1 In the lode of Hus there was a man called Iob: an innocent and vertuous man, soch one as feared God, and eschued euell. 2 This man had vij. sonnes, and iij. doughters. 3 His substaunce was vij. M. shepe, iij.M. camels, v.C. yock of oxen, v.C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so yt he was one of the most principall men amoge all them of the east countre.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 but when I wente by, lo, he was gone: I sought him, but he coude no where be founde.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Let youre light so shyne before men, that they maye se youre good workes, and glorify youre father which is in heauen.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euel and on the good, and sendeth his rayne on the iust and vniuste.
  • Luke 6:40 : 40 The disciple is not aboue his master. But whosoeuer is perfecte, ye same shalbe as his master.
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 We are glad whan we are weake, & ye stronge: & the same also we wysshe for, namely yor perfectnesse.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Fynally brethren, reioyse, be parfecte, coforte yor selues, be of one mynde, be peaceable, and the God of loue and peace shalbe wt you.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen,

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