Matthew 5:48
New American Standard Bible
48 Therefore (A)you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Matthew 5:48
Amplified Bible
48 You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)
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Matthew 5:48
New International Version
48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)
Matthew 5:48
King James Version
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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Luke 6:36
New American Standard Bible
36 [a]Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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- Luke 6:36 Or Prove yourselves merciful
Luke 6:36
Amplified Bible
36 Be merciful (responsive, compassionate, tender) just as your [heavenly] Father is merciful.
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Luke 6:36
New International Version
Luke 6:36
King James Version
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
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1 John 3:2-3
New American Standard Bible
2 (A)Beloved, now we are (B)children of God, and (C)it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He (D)appears, we will be (E)like Him, because we will (F)see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this (G)hope set on Him (H)purifies himself, just as He is pure.
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1 John 3:2-3
Amplified Bible
2 Beloved, we are [even here and] now children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory]. 3 And everyone who has this hope [confidently placed] in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure (holy, undefiled, guiltless).
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1 John 3:2-3
New International Version
2 Dear friends,(A) now we are children of God,(B) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a](C) we shall be like him,(D) for we shall see him as he is.(E) 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(F) just as he is pure.(G)
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- 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known
1 John 3:2-3
King James Version
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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1 Peter 1:15
New American Standard Bible
15 but [a](A)like the Holy One who called you, [b](B)be holy yourselves also (C)in all your behavior;
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- 1 Peter 1:15 Lit according to
- 1 Peter 1:15 Or become
1 Peter 1:15
Amplified Bible
15 But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your conduct [be set apart from the world by your godly character and moral courage];
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1 Peter 1:15
New International Version
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;(A)
1 Peter 1:15
King James Version
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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1 John 2:6
New American Standard Bible
6 the one who says that he (A)remains in Him (B)ought, himself also, walk just as He walked.
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1 John 2:6
Amplified Bible
6 whoever says he lives in Christ [that is, whoever says he has accepted Him as God and Savior] ought [as a moral obligation] to walk and conduct himself just as He walked and conducted Himself.
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1 John 2:6
New International Version
6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)
1 John 2:6
King James Version
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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1 John 4:17
New American Standard Bible
17 By this, (A)love is perfected with us, so that we may have (B)confidence in (C)the day of judgment; because (D)as He is, we also are in this world.
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1 John 4:17
Amplified Bible
17 In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world.
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1 John 4:17
New International Version
17 This is how love is made complete(A) among us so that we will have confidence(B) on the day of judgment:(C) In this world we are like Jesus.
1 John 4:17
King James Version
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
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