Being Perfect

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

If you love me, keep my commandments. — read the full passage →

For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; — read the full passage →

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be! — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn’t sin.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.” — read the full passage →

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Do all things without murmurings and disputes, — read the full passage →

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing. — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”? — read the full passage →

Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.