<Dl> <Dd> Therefore you shall be perfect, just </Dd> <Dd> as your Father in heaven is perfect . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Therefore you shall be perfect, just </Dd> <Dd> as your Father in heaven is perfect . </Dd> <P> The formulation is this verse is known as the Imitatio Dei; a similar verse appears at Luke 6: 36 . The verse might be modeled on Leviticus 19: 2, which says in the King James: "Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy ." </P>

Be perfect for your father in heaven is perfect