40 Bible Verses about Perfection, Human

With it we bless the Lord our Father, and with it we curse men made in God's likeness.

For all men sin and come short of the glory of God,

for, though they knew God, they have not honored him as God or given thanks to him, but they have indulged in futile speculations, until their stupid minds have become dark.

(for there was nothing final about the Law), and a better hope begins to dawn, through which we may approach God.

Now if anything final had been really accomplished through the Levitical priesthood, for even the giving of the Law was based upon it, what further need would there have been of appointing a different priest of the priesthood of Melchizedek, instead of choosing one of the priesthood of Aaron?

For while the Law foreshadowed the blessings that were to come, it did not fully express them, and so the priests by offering the same sacrifices endlessly year after year cannot wholly free those who come to worship from their sins.

through dying in his human body) in holiness, and free from reproach or blame, into God's presence??23 if at least you continue firm and steadfast in the exercise of faith, and never shift from the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been preached all over the world, and for which I, Paul, became a worker.

in order to bring the church to himself in all her beauty, without a flaw or a wrinkle or anything of the kind, but to be consecrated and faultless.

For by that one sacrifice he has forever qualified those who are purified from sin to approach God.

for God had resolved upon something still better for us, that they might not reach the fulfilment of their hopes except with us.

to the solemn gathering of all God's elder sons, enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men now at last enjoying the fulfilment of their hopes,

and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects.

And in spreading the news of him, we warn everyone and teach everyone all our wisdom, in order to bring everyone to Christian perfection.

I feel a divine jealousy about you, for I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.

Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ.

I am glad to be weak, if you are strong! That is what I pray for??he perfecting of your characters. That is why I write this while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority the Lord has given me, for it was to build you up, not to pull you down. Now brothers, goodbye! Be what you ought to be, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and God the source of love and peace will be with you.

until we all attain unity in faith, and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and reach mature manhood, and that full measure of development found in Christ.

Let us therefore leave elementary Christian teaching alone and advance toward maturity. We must not be always relaying foundations, of repentance for wrong-doing, and of faith in God,

So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

No one has ever seen God; yet if we love one another, God keeps in union with us and love for him attains perfection in our hearts.

So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ,

so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,

A religious observance that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and keep one's self unstained by the world.

Therefore, dear friends, while waiting for this, make every effort to be found by him unstained, irreproachable, and at peace.

to keep his command stainless and irreproachable until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him;

For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.

I in union with them and you with me, so that they may be perfectly unified, and the world may recognize that you sent me and that you love them just as you loved me.

But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.

And over all these put on love, which completes them and fastens them all together.

I have told you all this so that you may have the happiness that I have had, and your happiness may be complete.

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.

Hitherto you have not asked for anything as my followers, but now ask, and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete.

and we write this to you to make your happiness complete.

Then, through your union with Christ Jesus, the peace of God, so far above any human thought, will guard your minds and thoughts.

For our knowledge is imperfect and our preaching is imperfect. But when perfection comes, what is imperfect will pass away. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside my childish ways.read more.
For now we are looking at a dim reflection in a mirror, but then we shall see face to face. Now my knowledge is imperfect, but then I shall know as fully as God knows me.

For my part, as far as you are concerned, my brothers, I am convinced that you are already full of goodness of heart, endowed with perfect knowledge, and well qualified to instruct one another.

that your hearts may be cheered. I want you to be united by love, and to have all the benefit of assured knowledge in coming to know Christ??3 that divine mystery in which all treasures of wisdom and knowledge are to be found.

as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.