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Matthew 5:48
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Matthew 5:48
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48 Therefore (A)you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Matthew 5:48
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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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Matthew 5:48
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Matthew 5:48
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48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)
Matthew 5:48
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Matthew 5:48
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48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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1 John 2:5
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1 John 2:5
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5 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:
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1 John 2:5
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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 2:5
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1 John 2:5
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5 But if anyone obeys his word,(A) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(B) This is how we know(C) we are in him:
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- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
1 John 2:5
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1 John 2:5
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5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
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Colossians 1:28
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Colossians 1:28
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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.
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- Colossians 1:28 Lit in
- Colossians 1:28 Or perfect
Colossians 1:28
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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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Colossians 1:28
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Colossians 1:28
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28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing(A) and teaching everyone with all wisdom,(B) so that we may present everyone fully mature(C) in Christ.
Colossians 1:28
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Colossians 1:28
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28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
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Hebrews 10:14
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Hebrews 10:14
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14 For by one offering He has (A)perfected (B)for all time those who are [a]sanctified.
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- Hebrews 10:14 Or being sanctified
Hebrews 10:14
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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 10:14
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Hebrews 10:14
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Hebrews 10:14
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Hebrews 10:14
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14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
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Hebrews 13:21
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Hebrews 13:21
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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.
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Hebrews 13:21
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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 13:21
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Hebrews 13:21
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21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(A) and may he work in us(B) what is pleasing to him,(C) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(D)
Hebrews 13:21
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Hebrews 13:21
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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.
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Hebrews 6:1
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Hebrews 6:1
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The Danger of Falling Away
6 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,
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- Hebrews 6:1 Lit word of the beginning
- Hebrews 6:1 I.e., Messiah
- Hebrews 6:1 Or perfection
Hebrews 6:1
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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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Hebrews 6:1
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Hebrews 6:1
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6 Therefore let us move beyond(A) the elementary teachings(B) about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,[a](C) and of faith in God,
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- Hebrews 6:1 Or from useless rituals
Hebrews 6:1
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Hebrews 6:1
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6 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,
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John 17:23
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John 17:23
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23 (A)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected [a]in unity, so that the world may [b]know that (B)You sent Me, and You (C)loved them, just as You loved Me.
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- John 17:23 Lit into one
- John 17:23 Gr tense indicates continually know
John 17:23
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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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John 17:23
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John 17:23
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John 17:23
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John 17:23
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23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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