Actually, ‘perfect’ in Matt 5:48 is the Greek telios. It is better translated ‘Complete in God’ which is a mystical or spiritual state. Has nothing to do with ‘works’.
“Actually, ‘perfect’ in Matt 5:48 is the Greek telios. It is better translated ‘Complete in God’”
Is that Swedenborgian Greek? The word is complete, perfect, pure, like a complete machine, wihout the “in God,” as if the Father is complete by being part of God (the word is used twice).