40 Bible Verses about Perfection, Human

With it we bless God, even the Father: and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.

for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,

because, when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful; but they became perverse in their reasonings, and their wicked heart was darkened;

(for the law made no perfect expiation), and the introduction of a better hope, by which we draw near to God.

If, then, there had been a perfect expiation by means of the Levitical priesthood, (for with reference to it, the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should be raised up after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

For the law, having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never, with the same sacrifices, which they offer year by year continually, make a perfect expiation for those who come to them:

by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless in his sight;

in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

For by one offering, he has made a perfect and perpetual expiation for the sanctified.

because God had provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect.

to the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting in nothing.

whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

for I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

For we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong. And we pray also for this your perfection. For this reason, I write these things, while absent, that I may not, when present, use severity, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction. Finally, brethren, farewell; be perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.

till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature that fully develops the Christ;

Therefore, omitting the elementary Christian teaching, let us go on to the perfection of Christian instruction, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Be you therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every pollution of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

in order that you may distinguish things that differ, to the end that you may be pure and blameless till the day of Christ,

that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you expect such things, earnestly strive, by being spotless and blameless, to be found by him in peace:

that you keep this commandment, so that you may be spotless and blameless till the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.

For in many things we all offend. If any one offends not in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

I in them, and thou ID me, that they may be made perfect in one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you, but that you be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

and over all these put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

He that has the bride, is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly on account of the voice of the bridegroom. This, my joy, is therefore complete.

Till this time you have asked for nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

And these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; but when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part shall have an end. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I had the mind of a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.read more.
Now we see through a mirror, obscurely; but then, face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I know, even as I am known.

And I myself am persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that you yourselves are full of all goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being firmly united in love in order to gain all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may acknowledge the mystery of God, even the Father, and of Christ,

as it respects zeal, persecuting the church; as it respects righteousness which is by law, blameless.