Matthew
Matthew 5:48
48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.’’
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be | Ἔσεσθε | Esesthe | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| perfect | τέλειοι | teleioi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G5046 perfect, full-grown |
| therefore | οὖν | oun | Conjunction | G3767 therefore, then |
| as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| your | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| heavenly | οὐράνιος | ouranios | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3770 heavenly |
| Father | Πατὴρ | Patēr | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3962 father, Father, ancestor |
| is | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| perfect | τέλειός | teleios | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5046 perfect, full-grown |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Peter 1:15–16 · James 1:4 · Leviticus 19:2 · Ephesians 5:1–2 · Luke 6:36 · Deuteronomy 18:13 · 1 John 3:3 · Colossians 1:28 · Luke 6:40 · 2 Corinthians 7:1 · Leviticus 11:44 · Matthew 5:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.