Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Be ye therefore—rather, "Ye shall therefore be," or "Ye are therefore to be," as My disciples and in My kingdom.
perfect—or complete. Manifestly, our Lord here speaks, not of degrees of excellence, but of the kind of excellence which was to distinguish His disciples and characterize His kingdom. When therefore He adds,
even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect—He refers to that fullorbed glorious completeness which is in the great Divine Model, "their Father which is in heaven."
SERMON ON THE MOUNT—continued.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Matthew 5:48:
Job 1:1
Matthew 5:42
Luke 6:27-36
Ephesians 5:1
Philippians 2:15
Philippians 3:13
Colossians 3:14
1 Thessalonians 3:13
James 1:25
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