Gen 6:9, 17:1, Pro 10:9, Mat 5:48 | JFB | STEP | 9. Noah . . . just . . . and perfect —not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was just ( ) and perfect—that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will.

Genesis 6:9

9. Noah . . . just . . . and perfect—not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was just (Ga 3:2; Heb 11:7) and perfect—that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will.

Genesis 17:1

1. Abram . . . ninety years old and nine—thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael [Ge 16:16]. During that interval he had enjoyed the comforts of communion with God but had been favored with no special revelation as formerly, probably on account of his hasty and blameable marriage with Hagar.

the Lord appeared—some visible manifestation of the divine presence, probably the Shekinah or radiant glory of overpowering effulgence.

I am the Almighty God—the name by which He made Himself known to the patriarchs (Ex 6:3), designed to convey the sense of "all-sufficient" (Ps 16:5, 6; 73:25).

walk . . . and . . . perfect—upright, or sincere (Ps 51:6) in heart, speech, and behavior.

Proverbs 10:9

9. perverteth his ways—acts deceitfully.

known—discovered and punished.

Matthew 5:48

48. Be ye therefore—rather, "Ye shall therefore be," or "Ye are therefore to be," as My disciples and in My kingdom.

perfect—or complete. Manifestly, our Lord here speaks, not of degrees of excellence, but of the kind of excellence which was to distinguish His disciples and characterize His kingdom. When therefore He adds,

even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect—He refers to that full-orbed glorious completeness which is in the great Divine Model, "their Father which is in heaven."