15 Bible Verses about Perfection

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Philippians 3:12

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 2:6

But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

Philippians 3:15

Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear 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 all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Christ's perfection

John 19:4

And Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I let him come out to you to make it clear to you that I see no wrong in him.

Hebrews 5:9

And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;

Hebrews 7:28

The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

Perfection » All saints have, in Christ

1 Corinthians 2:6

But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

Philippians 3:15

Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

Perfection » Exhortation to

Perfection » Ministers appointed to lead saints to

Perfection » Impossibility of attaining to

2 Chronicles 6:36

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

Perfection » Saints commanded to aim at

Deuteronomy 18:13

You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.

Perfection » Saints follow after

Philippians 3:12

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

Perfection » Pray for

Hebrews 13:20-21

Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement, Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

Perfection » The church shall attain to

Perfection » Saints claim not

Job 9:20

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

Philippians 3:12

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

Perfection » Blessedness of

Psalm 37:37

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

Perfection » Is of God

Psalm 138:8

The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up 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

Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness: So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready 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 his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

Perfection » The word of God is » The rule of

James 1:25

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

Perfection » Ascribed to » David

1 Kings 11:4

For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

1 Kings 11:6

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Control of the tongue

Perfection » Ascribed to » Asa

1 Kings 15:14

The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

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, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

Perfection » Ascribed to » jacob

Numbers 23:21

He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them

Perfection » Ascribed to » Noah

Genesis 6:8-9

But Noah had grace in the eyes of God. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

Perfection » Ascribed to » Job

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

Perfection » Ascribed to » Zacharias and elizabeth

Luke 1:6

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Topics on Perfection

God, Perfection Of

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

Perfection, Human

Genesis 1:26-27

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

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