Matthew 5:48
New King James Version
48 (A)Therefore you shall be perfect, just (B)as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Matthew 5:48
New American Standard Bible
48 Therefore (A)you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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1 John 2:5
New King James Version
5 But (A)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God [a]is perfected (B)in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
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- 1 John 2:5 has been completed
1 John 2:5
New American Standard Bible
5 but whoever (A)follows His word, in him the (B)love of God has truly been perfected. (C)By this we know that we are in Him:
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1 John 4:12
New King James Version
Seeing God Through Love
12 (A)No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
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1 John 4:12
New American Standard Bible
12 (A)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His (B)love is perfected in us.
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Colossians 1:28
New King James Version
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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Colossians 1:28
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28 We proclaim Him, (A)admonishing every person and teaching every person [a]with all (B)wisdom, so that we may (C)present every person [b](D)complete in Christ.
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- Colossians 1:28 Lit in
- Colossians 1:28 Or perfect
Hebrews 10:14
New King James Version
14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being [a]sanctified.
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- Hebrews 10:14 set apart
Hebrews 10:14
New American Standard Bible
14 For by one offering He has (A)perfected (B)for all time those who are [a]sanctified.
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- Hebrews 10:14 Or being sanctified
Hebrews 13:21
New King James Version
21 make you [a]complete in every good work to do His will, (A)working in [b]you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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- Hebrews 13:21 perfect
- Hebrews 13:21 NU, M us
Hebrews 13:21
New American Standard Bible
21 (A)equip you in every good thing to do His will, (B)working in us that (C)which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, (D)to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Hebrews 6:1
New King James Version
The Peril of Not Progressing
6 Therefore, (A)leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to [a]perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from (B)dead works and of faith toward God,
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- Hebrews 6:1 maturity
Hebrews 6:1
New American Standard Bible
The Danger of Falling Away
6 Therefore (A)leaving (B)the [a]elementary teaching about the [b]Christ, let us press on to [c](C)maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from (D)dead works and of faith toward God,
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- Hebrews 6:1 Lit word of the beginning
- Hebrews 6:1 I.e., Messiah
- Hebrews 6:1 Or perfection
John 17:23
New King James Version
23 I in them, and You in Me; (A)that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
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John 17:23
New American Standard Bible
23 (A)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected [a]in unity, so that the world may [b]know that (B)You sent Me, and You (C)loved them, just as You loved Me.
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- John 17:23 Lit into one
- John 17:23 Gr tense indicates continually know
Ephesians 4:13
New King James Version
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith (A)and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to (B)a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
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Ephesians 4:13
New American Standard Bible
13 until we all attain to (A)the unity of the faith, and of the [a](B)knowledge of the Son of God, to a (C)mature man, to the measure of the stature [b]which belongs to the (D)fullness of Christ.
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- Ephesians 4:13 Or true knowledge
- Ephesians 4:13 Lit of the fullness
Luke 6:40
New King James Version
40 (A)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
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Luke 6:40
New American Standard Bible
40 (A)A [a]student is not above the teacher; but everyone, when he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.
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- Luke 6:40 Or disciple
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