Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

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.

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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.

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

For no word from God will ever fail.”

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

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:

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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.

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.”

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

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,

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

We love because He first loved us.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. . . .

And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

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.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

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

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. . . .

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.