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
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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)
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2 Corinthians 13:11
New King James Version
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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2 Corinthians 13:11
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11 Finally, believers, rejoice! Be made complete [be what you should be], be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace [enjoy the spiritual well-being experienced by believers who walk closely with God]; and the God of love and peace [the source of lovingkindness] will be with you.
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Deuteronomy 18:13
New King James Version
13 You shall be [a]blameless before the Lord your God.
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- Deuteronomy 18:13 Lit. perfect
Deuteronomy 18:13
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13 You shall be blameless (complete, perfect) before the Lord your God.
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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
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5 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:
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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
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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.
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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, 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].
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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
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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].
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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
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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.
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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
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The Peril of Falling Away
6 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,
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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
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23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them, just as You have loved Me.
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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
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13 until we all reach oneness in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, [growing spiritually] to become a mature believer, reaching to the measure of the fullness of Christ [manifesting His spiritual completeness and exercising our spiritual gifts in unity].
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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
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40 A student is not superior to his teacher; but everyone, after he has been completely trained, will be like his teacher.
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James 1:4
New King James Version
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
James 1:4
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4 And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.
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