10 Jul '18 00:31>1 edit
Originally posted by @suzianne
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." - Matthew 5:48 , KJV
This is the goal. Not many make it. But we don't just stop trying.
I see this as a promise and a prophesy.
You shall be perfect as the heavenly Father, like Romans 8:28,29 or Ephesians 1:4,5
A few English renderings:
Berean Literal Bible
You shall be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
New American Standard 1977
“Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
American Standard Version
Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
English Revised Version
Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Weymouth New Testament
You however are to be complete in goodness, as your Heavenly Father is complete.
World English Bible
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Young's Literal Translation
ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.
That is SONS that will eventually express the Father whose life is imparted into them and in whose life they will grow in full salvation.