(A) PERFECTION
(1) Some Essential Elements of
Benevolence
Mt 19:21
Love
Col 3:14
Good Works
Jas 2:22
Control of the Tongue
Jas 3:2
(2) The Duty of Striving after
Ge 17:1; De 18:13; 1Ki 8:61; Mt 5:48; 2Co 13:11
Eph 4:13; Php 3:15; Col 1:28; 2Ti 3:17; Heb 6:1; Heb 13:21
Jas 1:4; 1Pe 5:10
--SEESpiritual Growth,DEVELOPMENT
(B) PERFECTION DIVINE,of God
De 32:4; 2Sa 22:31; Ps 18:30; Ec 3:14; Mt 5:48
--SEEGod's Holiness,HOLINESS
God's Righteousness,RIGHTEOUSNESS
God of Truth,TRUTH
Divine Excellencies,EXCELLENCIES, DIVINE
(C) CHRIST'S PERFECTION
Joh 1:14; Joh 19:4; Heb 2:10; Heb 5:9; Heb 7:28
--SEEFulness of Christ,FULNESS
(D) CHRIST'S SINLESSNESS,general references to
Isa 53:9; Lu 23:41; Joh 8:46; 2Co 5:21; Heb 1:9; Heb 4:15
Heb 7:26; Heb 9:14; 1Pe 1:19; 1Pe 2:22; 1Jo 3:5
--SEERighteousness (2)RIGHTEOUSNESS
(E) IMPERFECTION, HUMAN
(1) General References to
Job 9:20; Ec 7:20; Php 3:12; Jas 3:2; Re 3:2
--SEEUnbelief (1),UNBELIEF
Sin,SIN
Half-heartedness,INDIFFERENCE
(2) Exemplified in the Lives of the Best Men
Ge 20:2; Nu 20:12; 1Ki 3:3; 1Ki 22:43; 2Ch 16:12; Jon 1:3
Lu 9:54; Lu 22:24; Ga 2:13