Matthew 5:48

⁴⁶ For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
KJV: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
WEB: Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
ASV: Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
DARBY: Be *ye* therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
BLB: You⁺ shall be perfect, therefore, as your⁺ heavenly Father is perfect.[]

ÅB: Derfor skal dere være fullkomne, slik som den himmelske Faren deres er fullkommen.»
OTB: Derfor, strev etter å være fullkomne, slik som deres himmelske Far er fullkommen.
B1930: Derfor skal I være fullkomne, likesom eders himmelske Fader er fullkommen.

1 Peter 1:15–16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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James 1:4
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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Leviticus 19:2
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.
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Ephesians 5:1–2
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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Luke 6:36
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
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Deuteronomy 18:13
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
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1 John 3:3
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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Colossians 1:28
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
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