59 Bible Verses about Perfection, Human

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth. And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful; You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready. I gave you your place with the winged one; I put you on the mountain of God; you went up and down among the stones of fire.read more.
There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you.

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.

To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master. And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life. Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;read more.
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright? Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes; How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you. Through all your trading you have become full of violent ways, and have done evil: so I sent you out shamed from the mountain of God; the winged one put an end to you from among the stones of fire. Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.

Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.

Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.

And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete. For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction. Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,

Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.

And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true: But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary. When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.read more.
For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful. And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair;) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight. And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.

For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.

And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful. Your builders have made your outlines in the heart of the seas, they have made you completely beautiful.

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.