Luke 6:40

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

You shall be blameless with Yahweh your God.

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”

Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,

You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For you will be safe with me.”

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

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

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.

After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.

For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

They said to him, “We are able.” Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,