Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

He hath shewed thee, O man, what {is} good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? {walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk}

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, {and} easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. {partiality: or, wrangling}

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: {he is} gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

A son honoureth {his} father, and a servant his master: if then I {be} a father, where {is} mine honour? and if I {be} a master, where {is} my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

And the king said, {Is} there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, {which is} lame on {his} feet.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

For thy lovingkindness {is} before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.