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NASB | Matthew 5:48 "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:48 "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. [Lev 19:2] |
Subject: Perfection possible through the Spirit! |
Bible Note: We are commanded to be perfect. God has provided the way through the Holy Spirit (see Galatians 5:16). That is how Jesus overcame the world; He had the Spirit without limit (John 3:34). Saying that perfection is not possible is denying the power of the Holy Spirit (see 2Timothy 3:6). In other words, if perfection is not possible for us, then Christ did not accomplish it either. We have the same Spirit as Christ if we have died to the sinful nature and are born again and are controlled by a new nature - the very nature of God. Those who God knew before the creation of the world, he predestined to be conformed into the likeness of His Son (see Romans 8:29) |
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