Matthew 5:48

Love Your Enemies

47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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Berean Standard Bible
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
American Standard Version (1901)
Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Bible in Basic English
Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.
Free Bible Version
Grow up and become completely trustworthy, just as your heavenly Father is trustworthy.
Geneva Bible 1599
Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.
King James (Authorized) Version
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
One Unity Resource Bible
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as 'Avikah shebashamayim ·your Father in Heaven· is perfect.
Translation for Translators
You need to love those who do not love you, and in that way become perfect as God your Father, who is in heaven, is perfect.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore you must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Noah Webster Bible
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
World English Bible
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Young's Literal Translation
ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in the heavens is perfect.