Matius 5:16
Konteks5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
Matius 5:45
Konteks5:45 so that you may be like 1 your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matius 5:48
Konteks5:48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 2
[5:45] 1 tn Grk “be sons of your Father in heaven.” Here, however, the focus is not on attaining a relationship (becoming a child of God) but rather on being the kind of person who shares the characteristics of God himself (a frequent meaning of the Semitic idiom “son of”). See L&N 58.26.
[5:48] 2 sn This remark echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.”