Matthew 5:48
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48 (A)Therefore you shall be perfect, just (B)as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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1 Peter 1:15-16
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15 (A)but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, (B)“Be holy, for I am holy.”
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James 1:4
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4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [a]perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
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- James 1:4 mature
Leviticus 19:2
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2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: (A)‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
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Luke 6:36
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36 (A)Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
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Deuteronomy 18:13
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13 You shall be [a]blameless before the Lord your God.
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- Deuteronomy 18:13 Lit. perfect
Colossians 1:28
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28 Him we preach, (A)warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, (B)that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
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1 John 3:3
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3 (A)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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The Corinthians’ Repentance
7 Therefore,(A) having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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Luke 6:40
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40 (A)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
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Genesis 17:1
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The Sign of the Covenant(A)
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord (B)appeared to Abram and said to him, (C)“I am [a]Almighty God; (D)walk before Me and be (E)blameless.
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- Genesis 17:1 Heb. El Shaddai
Matthew 5:16
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16 Let your light so shine before men, (A)that they may see your good works and (B)glorify your Father in heaven.
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Job 1:1-3
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Job and His Family in Uz
1 There was a man (A)in the land of Uz, whose name was (B)Job; and that man was (C)blameless and upright, and one who (D)feared God and [a]shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the [b]people of the East.
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Leviticus 11:44
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44 For I am the Lord your (A)God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and (B)you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
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Philippians 3:12-15
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Pressing Toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already (A)attained,[a] or am already (B)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [b]apprehended; but one thing I do, (C)forgetting those things which are behind and (D)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 (E)I press toward the goal for the prize of (F)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are (G)mature, (H)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, (I)God will reveal even this to you.
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- Philippians 3:12 obtained it
- Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it
Matthew 5:45
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45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for (A)He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Leviticus 20:26
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26 And you shall be holy to Me, (A)for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
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Colossians 4:12
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12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always (B)laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand (C)perfect and [a]complete in all the will of God.
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- Colossians 4:12 NU fully assured
2 Corinthians 13:9
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9 For we are glad (A)when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, (B)that you may be made complete.
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Psalm 37:37
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37 Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright;
For the future of that man is peace.
2 Corinthians 13:11
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Greetings and Benediction
11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. (A)Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love (B)and peace will be with you.
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Ephesians 3:1
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The Mystery Revealed
3 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—
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