Imperfection

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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

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

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

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

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

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

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

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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.

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

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.

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

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

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.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

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

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’ — read the full passage →

But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

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.

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

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;

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. — read the full passage →

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

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth, — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

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

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?

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

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Yahweh said to Moses, — read the full passage →

There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

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

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God, — read the full passage →

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness: they have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” — read the full passage →

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. — read the full passage →

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

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. — read the full passage →

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →

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

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,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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 the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — 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.

So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

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.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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.

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.”

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

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

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

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

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

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

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

Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your seed throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God. — read the full passage →