"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
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For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Be *ye* therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who `is' in the heavens is perfect.