Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Perfect (teleioi). The word comes from telov, end, goal, limit. Here it is the goal set before us, the absolute standard of our Heavenly Father. The word is used also for relative perfection as of adults compared with children.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 5:48:
Matthew 19:21
Luke 6:35
Luke 6:36
Ephesians 3:19
Hebrews 5:14
1 Peter 1:16
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