Perfection
61 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
25 sections
- All Saints Have, in Christ
- Ascribed to Asa
- Ascribed to David
- Ascribed to Jacob
- Ascribed to Job
- Ascribed to Nathanael
- Ascribed to Noah
- Ascribed to Zacharias and Elizabeth
- Blessedness of
- Charity is the Bond of
- Exhortation To
- God's Perfection the Standard of
- Implies: Entire Devotedness
- Implies: Purity and Holiness in Speech
- Impossibility of Attaining To
- Ministers Appointed to Lead Saints To
- Patience Leads To
- Pray For
- Saints Claim Not
- Saints Commanded to Aim At
- Saints Follow After
- The Church Shall Attain To
- The Word of God Is: Designed to Lead Us To
- The Word of God Is: The Rule of
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
All Saints Have, in Christ
- 1 Corinthians 2:6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom — but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
- Philippians 3:15 All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
- Colossians 2:10 And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
Ascribed to Asa
- 1 Kings 15:14 The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
Ascribed to David
- 1 Kings 11:4 For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kings 11:6 So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
Ascribed to Jacob
- Numbers 23:21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
Ascribed to Job
- Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
Ascribed to Nathanael
- John 1:47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Ascribed to Noah
- Genesis 6:8–9 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. …
Ascribed to Zacharias and Elizabeth
- Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
Blessedness of
- Psalm 37:37 Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Proverbs 2:21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
Charity is the Bond of
- Colossians 3:14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
Exhortation To
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
God's Perfection the Standard of
- Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Implies: Entire Devotedness
- Matthew 19:21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Implies: Purity and Holiness in Speech
- James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
Impossibility of Attaining To
- 2 Chronicles 6:36 When they sin against You— for there is no one who does not sin— and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
- Psalm 119:96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
Ministers Appointed to Lead Saints To
- Ephesians 4:12 to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
- Colossians 1:28 We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
Patience Leads To
- James 1:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Pray For
- Hebrews 13:20–21 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, …
- 1 Peter 5:10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
Saints Claim Not
- Job 9:20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
- Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
Saints Commanded to Aim At
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Deuteronomy 18:13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
Saints Follow After
- Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
The Church Shall Attain To
- John 17:23 I in them and You in Me — that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
- Ephesians 4:13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
The Word of God Is: Designed to Lead Us To
- 2 Timothy 3:16–17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, …
The Word of God Is: The Rule of
- James 1:25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so — not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer — he will be blessed in what he does.
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Deuteronomy 5:32 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
- Deuteronomy 18:13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
- Joshua 23:6 Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
- 1 Kings 8:61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by …
- 1 Chronicles 29:19 And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:36 When they sin against You— for there is no one who does not sin— and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
- Job 9:20–21 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty. …
- Psalm 18:32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
- Psalm 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.
- Psalm 37:37 Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Psalm 101:2 I will ponder the way that is blameless — when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- Psalm 106:3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
- Psalm 119:1–3 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. …
- Psalm 119:6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
- Psalm 119:96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
- Proverbs 2:21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- Matthew 19:21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Luke 6:40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
- 1 Corinthians 2:6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom — but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2 Corinthians 13:9 In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Ephesians 4:11–13 And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, …
- Philippians 1:10 so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
- Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Philippians 3:12–15 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. …
- Colossians 1:21–22 Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds. …
- Colossians 1:28 We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
- Colossians 2:9–11 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form. …
- Colossians 3:14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
- Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13 so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
- 2 Timothy 2:1 You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 3:17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
- Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
- Hebrews 10:14 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
- Hebrews 13:20–21 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, …
- James 1:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
- James 1:25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so — not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer — he will be blessed in what he does.
- James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- 1 Peter 5:10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
- 1 John 2:5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
- 1 John 3:6–10 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. …
- 1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- 1 John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.