³⁶ Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

5 ¹ Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,^{(A) 2} and walk in love, as Christ loved us^[a] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.^(B)

¹⁵ Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct,^{(A) 16} for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”^(B)

⁴⁸ Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.^(A)

³¹ Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.^(A)