48 (A)Therefore you shall be perfect, just (B)as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Read full chapter

48 Therefore (A)you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Read full chapter

48 You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

Read full chapter

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 has been completed

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:

Read full chapter

But whoever habitually keeps His word and obeys His precepts [and treasures His message in its entirety], in him the love of God has truly been perfected [it is completed and has reached maturity]. By this we know [for certain] that we are in Him:

Read full chapter

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

12 No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.

Read full chapter

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:28 Lit in
  2. Colossians 1:28 Or perfect

28 We proclaim Him, warning and instructing everyone in all wisdom [that is, with comprehensive insight into the word and purposes of God], so that we may present every person complete in Christ [mature, fully trained, and perfect in Him—the Anointed].

Read full chapter

28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

Read full chapter

14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being [a]sanctified.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:14 set apart

14 For by one offering He has (A)perfected (B)for all time those who are [a]sanctified.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:14 Or being sanctified

14 For by the one offering He has perfected forever and completely cleansed those who are being sanctified [bringing each believer to spiritual completion and maturity].

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:21 perfect
  2. Hebrews 13:21 NU, M us

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.

Read full chapter

21 equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Read full chapter

21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Read full chapter

The Peril of Not Progressing

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,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:1 maturity

The Danger of Falling Away

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,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:1 Lit word of the beginning
  2. Hebrews 6:1 I.e., Messiah
  3. Hebrews 6:1 Or perfection

The Peril of Falling Away

Therefore let us get past the elementary stage in the teachings about the Christ, advancing on to maturity and perfection and spiritual completeness, [doing this] without laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter