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Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48 Father holiness
To this day I have had help from God, and so I stand here, testifying to both small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would take place: that the Messiah must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23 evangelism suffering resurrection

For
“Those who desire life
and desire to see good days,
let them keep their tongues from evil
and their lips from speaking deceit;
let them turn away from evil and do good;
let them seek peace and pursue it.”
1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of everyone of you for one another is increasing.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 faith love gratitude
You must neither add anything to what I command you nor take away anything from it, but keep the commandments of the Lord your God with which I am charging you.
Deuteronomy 4:2 obedience law following
For the customs of the peoples are false:
a tree from the forest is cut down,
and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
people deck it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah 10:3-5 christmas idols
The Lord your God you shall follow, him alone you shall fear, his commandments you shall keep, his voice you shall obey, him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast.
Deuteronomy 13:4 awe listening following
You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.
Deuteronomy 5:33 obedience reward following
Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
Luke 9:23 obedience crucifixion
But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 speaking evangelism learning
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good.
Romans 12:9 love evil goodness
My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.
Galatians 6:1 sin temptation desires
When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the sin that you have committed.
Leviticus 5:5 confession sin
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
Mark 8:34 salvation Jesus following
For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
2 Peter 1:5-7 faith goodness self-control
You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother; also, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 19:18b-19 law love family
So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 safety self-control
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
John 13:34 law love neighbor
When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any related duty. He shall be free at home one year, to be happy with the wife whom he has married.
Deuteronomy 24:5 marriage
The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 13:9 law love neighbor
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
Genesis 9:3-4 food blood
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:5 holiness Jesus
But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6 trust faith prayer
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:36 goodness neighbor Father
Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:15-16 holiness life calling