MAT 5:48 Parallel Verse View

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UST So, you should always do what is right, just as God, your Father, who rules from heaven, always does what is right.

AICNT “Therefore, you shall be perfect, [[just]][fn] as your {heavenly Father}[fn] is perfect.”

5:48, just:Some manuscripts include. D(05) BYZ TR

5:48, heavenly Father: Some manuscripts read “Father in the heavens.” D(05) BYZ TR

OEB You, then, must become perfect – as your heavenly Father is perfect.

2DT Therefore, you will be complete as your Father, the Heavenly One, is complete.

WEBBE Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

LSV You will therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in the heavens is perfect.”

FBV Grow up and become completely trustworthy,[fn] just as your heavenly Father is trustworthy.

5:48 Literally, “perfect, complete, undivided, whole, mature.” The idea here is of a way of life totally dedicated to God rather than focusing on some abstract concept of perfection. The focus is on spiritual maturity which translates into being someone dependable, someone who can always be trusted.

TCNT You therefore shall be perfect, just as your [fn]Father in heaven is perfect.

5:48 Father in heaven ¦ heavenly Father CT

T4T You need to love those who do not love you, and in that way become perfect as God your Father, who is in heaven, is perfect.”

LEB Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

BBE Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

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Wymth You however are to be complete in goodness, as your Heavenly Father is complete.
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ASV Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

DRA Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

YLT ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in the heavens is perfect.

Drby Be ye therefore perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

RV Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Wbstr Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

KJB-1769 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
( Be ye/you_all therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. )

KJB-1611 Be yee therefore perfect, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfect.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfecte.
(Ye/You_all shall therefore be perfecte, even as your father, which is in heaven, is perfecte.)

Gnva Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.
(Ye/You_all shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heaven, is perfite. )

Cvdl Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as youre father in heaue is perfecte.
(Ye/You_all shall therefore be perfecte, even as your(pl) father in heaven is perfecte.)

TNT Do not the Publicans lyke wyse? ye shall therfore be perfecte even as youre father which is in heauen is perfecte.
(Do not the Publicans likewise? ye/you_all shall therefore be perfecte even as your(pl) father which is in heaven is perfecte. )

Wycl Therfore be ye parfit, as youre heuenli fadir is parfit.
(Therefore be ye/you_all parfit, as your(pl) heavenly father is parfit.)

Luth Darum sollt ihr vollkommen sein, gleichwie euer Vater im Himmel vollkommen ist.
(Therefore sollt you/their/her vollkommen sein, gleichwie euer father in_the heaven vollkommen is.)

ClVg Estote ergo vos perfecti, sicut et Pater vester cælestis perfectus est.[fn]
(Estote therefore you perfecti, like and Pater vester cælestis perfectus it_is. )

5.48 Perfecti. In charitate Dei et proximi. Cumulus perfectionis diligere etiam inimicos, et orare pro illis, sicut et Christus fecit.

5.48 Perfecti. In charitate of_God and proximi. Cumulus perfectionis diligere also inimicos, and orare for to_them, like and Christus fecit.

UGNT ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι ὡς ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τέλειός ἐστιν.
(esesthe oun humeis teleioi hōs ho Pataʸr humōn ho ouranios teleios estin.)

SBL-GNT Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι ⸀ὡς ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ⸀οὐράνιος τέλειός ἐστιν.
(Esesthe oun humeis teleioi ⸀hōs ho pataʸr humōn ho ⸀ouranios teleios estin.)

TC-GNT Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι, [fn]ὥσπερ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ [fn]ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τέλειός ἐστι.
(Esesthe oun humeis teleioi, hōsper ho pataʸr humōn ho en tois ouranois teleios esti. )

5:48 ωσπερ ¦ ως CT

5:48 εν τοις ουρανοις ¦ ουρανιος CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

Here, the word Therefore introduces the conclusion to what Jesus has been telling his disciples about how to live. He could be concluding everything he said in 5:21–47, or he could be concluding only what he said in 5:43–47. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a conclusion. Alternate translation: [So then] or [In summary]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος

Father ˱of˲_you_all ¬the heavenly

This is a figurative expression. God is not the Father of humans in the same actual way that he is the Father of Jesus. Even so, it would probably be best to translate Father with the same word that your language would naturally use to refer to a human father. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that this means God. Alternate translation: [God your heavenly Father]

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