3 Nephi 12:48
1830 Edition
therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.
Influences
Matthew 5:48 (KJV)
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Changes
Simple English
So I want you to be perfect. Be perfect like me or like your Father in Heaven is perfect.
Paraphrase
“So I want you to be perfect, just as I am perfect—just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”