15 Bible Verses about Perfection

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Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Psalm 119:96

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

Philippians 3:15

Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, 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

This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

Perfection » Some essential elements of » Christ's perfection

John 19:4

Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him."

Hebrews 7:28

For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.

Perfection » All saints have, in Christ

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

Philippians 3:15

Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

Perfection » Exhortation to

Perfection » Ministers appointed to lead saints to

Perfection » Impossibility of attaining to

Psalm 119:96

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

2 Chronicles 6:36

"If they sin against you--for there is no one who does not sin--and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near,

Perfection » Saints commanded to aim at

Perfection » Saints follow after

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Perfection » Pray for

Hebrews 13:20-21

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Perfection » The church shall attain to

Perfection » Saints claim not

Job 9:20

Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Perfection » Blessedness of

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

Perfection » Is of God

Psalm 138:8

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work 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 breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, 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 active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

Perfection » The word of God is » The rule of

Perfection » Ascribed to » David

1 Kings 11:4

For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 11:6

So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not wholly follow the LORD, 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 true 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 toward 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 beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them, 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 generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. 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 and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Perfection » Ascribed to » Zacharias and elizabeth

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes 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, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

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