God Made Us Perfect

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

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

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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

I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

for the showing, I say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

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

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; — read the full passage →

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

We love, because he first loved us.

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

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

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

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

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

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,