| 1883 - 664 pągines
...be hurried over. Here is an exhortation of Jesus, the most uncompromising that could be uttered, "Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father Who is in Heaven is perfect." Have we ever asked ourselves, as individuals, " What is the meaning of it, and what application has... | |
| John Stock - 1883 - 508 pągines
...for I am holy" (1 Pet. i. 16). And it is the pattern to which our holiness should be conformed. " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect " (Matt. v. 48). " As He who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation "... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 350 pągines
...than that high human-godlike ideal set up for us in the text of the great Teacher when he says, " BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN is PERFECT;" which, as absolute perfection to mortal men is impossible, practically means that it is every man's... | |
| Lewis George Janes - 1886 - 336 pągines
...and example for human endeavor in that most exigent and lofty exhortation to noble living, — "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect." ,J. »!!-.' Doctrine of the Future Life. The thought of Jesus concerning God, however, • It need... | |
| 1888 - 600 pągines
...cared for, cannot be stretched beyond the love of an enemy ; and therefore the closing words are : " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect." Yet in such a way that God is understood to be perfect as God, and the soul to be perfect as a soul.... | |
| 1888 - 642 pągines
...cared for, cannot be stretched beyond the love of an enemy ; and therefore the closing words are : " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect." Yet in such a way that God is understood to be perfect as God, and the soul to be perfect as a soul.... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Eaton - 1892 - 108 pągines
...the unthankful and to the evil. M. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. P. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. BEHOLD, the Lord, the Lord of hosts doth take away the stay and the staff, P. The mighty man and the... | |
| 1894 - 266 pągines
...penetrated by God as he has taught us, and we only interpret the destiny of man rightly by his word. " Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect." Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness," — that is still the duty of every individual... | |
| 1894 - 570 pągines
...penetrated by God as he has taught us, and we only interpret the destiny of man rightly by his word. " Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect." Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness," — that is still the duty of every individual... | |
| 1896 - 568 pągines
...salute your brethren only^what do ye that IB not common? Do not even publicans do this? 48 (48) Be ye therefore perfect ; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. VT. Be cautious in your alms-giving, not to perform it before men, so that ye may be seen of them :... | |
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