⁴⁸ Therefore ^(A)you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

⁵ but whoever ^(A)follows His word, in him the ^(B)love of God has truly been perfected. ^(C)By this we know that we are in Him:

²⁸ We proclaim Him, ^(A)admonishing every person and teaching every person ^[a]with all ^(B)wisdom, so that we may ^(C)present every person ^[b](D)complete in Christ.

¹⁴ For by one offering He has ^(A)perfected ^(B)for all time those who are ^[a]sanctified.

^21 (A)equip you in every good thing to do His will, ^(B)working in us that ^(C)which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, ^(D)to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Danger of Falling Away

6 Therefore ^(A)leaving ^(B)the ^[a]elementary teaching about the ^[b]Christ, let us press on to ^[c](C)maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from ^(D)dead works and of faith toward God,

^23 (A)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected ^[a]in unity, so that the world may ^[b]know that ^(B)You sent Me, and You ^(C)loved them, just as You loved Me.