40 Bible Verses about Perfection, Human
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With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
(for the law made nothing perfect); and on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
Now if perfection could have been through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not one designated according to the order of Aaron?
For since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.
yet he has now reconciled you in his fleshly body through death, in order to present you before him holy and blameless and beyond reproach
that he might present the church to himself in all her glory, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and blameless.
because God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.
Not that I have already obtained this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your perfection. I write these things while I am absent, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord gave me for building you up, and not for tearing you down. Finally, brethren, farewell. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to become mature, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ;
so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Religion that is pure and undefiled in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.
to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in him:
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
I in them, and you in me; that they may become perfectly one, and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them even as you have loved me.
I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same judgment.
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
"These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now full.
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.read more.
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know fullyeven as I have been fully known.
I myself am satisfied about you, my brethren, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself,
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
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