Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:4
God is already perfect, we are to be(come) perfect
Greek word here is teleios which means
brought to its end, finished
wanting nothing necessary to completeness
perfect
lots of proverbs about integrity Proverbs 11:3, 20:7
perfect = blameless in psalm 18:32 in NASB
God will perfect things concering me; Psalms 138:8
Col 2:10 “and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.”
1 Corinthians 13:9-12 KJV
Romans 7:15 (new you & salvation)
Perfection will come at the time of the resurrection:
“If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.” (Philippians 3:11-15 KJV)
“Perfection” is a lifelong process after which Christians will be made perfect.
“God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” (Hebrew 11:40-12:1 KJV)
Entire devotedness
Matthew 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Purity and holiness in speech.
James 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Aim for perfection: Genesis 17:1, Deuteronomy 18:13
Don’t claim perfection:
Job 9:20, Philippians 3:12
Colossians 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
James 1:4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.