15 Bible Verses about Perfection

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Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

Philippians 3:15

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

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Perfection » Some essential elements of » Christ's sinlessness, general references to

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Perfection divine, of God

2 Samuel 22:31

As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is tested;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Christ's perfection

John 19:4

Pilate came out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.”

Hebrews 7:28

For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.

Perfection » All saints have, in Christ

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

Philippians 3:15

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

Perfection » Exhortation to

Perfection » Ministers appointed to lead saints to

Perfection » Impossibility of attaining to

2 Chronicles 6:36

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near,

Perfection » Saints commanded to aim at

Genesis 17:1

Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,
“I am God Almighty;
Walk before Me, and be blameless.

Perfection » Saints follow after

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

Perfection » Pray for

Hebrews 13:20-21

Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Perfection » The church shall attain to

Perfection » Saints claim not

Job 9:20

Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

Perfection » Blessedness of

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have a posterity.

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;

Perfection » Is of God

Psalm 138:8

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Obedience

Perfection » The word of God is » Designed to lead us to

2 Timothy 3:16-17

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Love

Perfection » Charity is the bond of

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Benevolence

Perfection » Implies » Entire devotedness

Perfection » God's perfection the standard of

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Good works

James 2:22

You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;

Perfection » The word of God is » The rule of

James 1:25

But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Perfection » Ascribed to » David

1 Kings 11:4

For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

1 Kings 11:6

Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as David his father had done.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Control of the tongue

Perfection » Ascribed to » Asa

1 Kings 15:14

But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the Lord all his days.

Perfection » Implies » Purity and holiness in speech

Perfection » Patience leads to

Perfection » Ascribed to » Nathanael

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”

Perfection » Ascribed to » jacob

Numbers 23:21

He has not observed misfortune in Jacob;
Nor has He seen trouble in Israel;
The Lord his God is with him,
And the shout of a king is among them.

Perfection » Ascribed to » Noah

Genesis 6:8-9

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.

Perfection » Ascribed to » Job

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.

Perfection » Ascribed to » Zacharias and elizabeth

Luke 1:6

They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

Topics on Perfection

God, Perfection Of

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

Perfection, Human

Genesis 1:26-27

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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