Matthew 5:48; “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”
Answers to Gospel Questions 3:26; “COMPLETE WORTHINESS REQUIRED … …in the celestial kingdom, we must be worthy in every point, or we fail to receive the blessing. The kingdom of God must exist in absolute unity. Every law must be obeyed, and no member of the Church can have a place there unless he is in full accord. There came a rebellion once with disastrous results, and there had to be a cleansing.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matthew 5:48.)
And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end. (III Nephi 27:19.)” – Joseph Fielding Smith
