Mat 5:45, 48, Luk 6:35, 2Cor 6:17, Eph 5:1-2, 7, 1Pe 1:14-17, 2:9 | ESV | STEP | so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven . For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good , and sends rain on the just and on the unjust .

vCited from Lev. 11:44

w Jer. 3:19; Mal. 1:6; 2 Cor. 6:18; [Matt. 6:9]

xSee Ps. 62:12

ySee James 2:1

z ch. 3:15; 2 Cor. 7:1; [Rom. 11:20]

aa Deut. 10:15; Isa. 43:20

ab Ex. 19:6; Rev. 1:6; 5:10

ac Isa. 61:6; 66:21

ad Deut. 7:6

ae Ex. 19:5; Deut. 7:6; Isa. 43:21; Mal. 3:17

af[Isa. 42:16]; See Acts 26:18

ag Ps. 36:9

Matthew 5:45

45 ^aso that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and ^bsends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:48

48 ^cYou therefore must be ^dperfect, ^eas your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 6:35

35 But ^flove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^gyou will be sons of ^hthe Most High, for ⁱhe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

2 Corinthians 6:17

17 Therefore ^jgo out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,

Ephesians 5:1-2

Walk in Love

1 ^kTherefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And ^lwalk in love, ^mas Christ loved us and ⁿgave himself up for us, a ^ofragrant ^poffering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:7

7 Therefore ^qdo not become partners with them;

1 Peter 1:14-17

14 As obedient children, ^rdo not be conformed to the passions ^sof your former ignorance, 15 but ^tas he who called you is holy, you also be holy ^uin all your conduct, 16 since it is written, ^v“You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you ^wcall on him as Father who ^xjudges ^yimpartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves ^zwith fear throughout the time of your exile,

1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are ^aaa chosen race, ^aba royal ^acpriesthood, ^ada holy nation, ^aea people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^afout of darkness into ^aghis marvelous light.