15 Bible Verses about Perfection
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Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
From Thematic Bible
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Christ's sinlessness, general references to
You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows."
For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Perfection divine, of God
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Christ's perfection
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."
Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
Perfection » All saints have, in Christ
and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
Perfection » Exhortation to
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Perfection » Ministers appointed to lead saints to
for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
Perfection » Impossibility of attaining to
"If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
Perfection » Saints commanded to aim at
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
Perfection » Saints follow after
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
Perfection » Pray for
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Perfection » The church shall attain to
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
Perfection » Saints claim not
Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
Perfection » Blessedness of
Perfection » Is of God
Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Obedience
But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
Perfection » The word of God is » Designed to lead us to
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Love
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
Perfection » Charity is the bond of
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Benevolence
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Perfection » Implies » Entire devotedness
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Perfection » God's perfection the standard of
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Good works
You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
Perfection » The word of God is » The rule of
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
Perfection » Ascribed to » David
For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.
Perfection » Some essential elements of » Control of the tongue
For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
Perfection » Ascribed to » Asa
But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
Perfection » Implies » Purity and holiness in speech
For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
Perfection » Patience leads to
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Perfection » Ascribed to » Nathanael
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
Perfection » Ascribed to » jacob
He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
Perfection » Ascribed to » Noah
But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes. This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
Perfection » Ascribed to » Job
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Perfection » Ascribed to » Zacharias and elizabeth
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Topics on Perfection
God, Perfection Of
Psalm 25:8Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
Perfection Of Creation
Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Perfection, Divine
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Perfection, Human
Genesis 1:26-27God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."