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So be perfect,mature">[fn] as your heavenly Father is perfect."mature">[fn]Genesis 17:1; Leviticus 11:44; 19:2; Luke 6:36; Ephesians 5:1; Colossians 1:28; 4:12; James 1:4; 1 Peter 1:15-16;">[xr]

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the moneythe money">[fn] to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."Matthew 6:20; Luke 12:33; 16:9; Acts 2:45; 4:34-35; 1 Timothy 6:18-19;">[xr]

Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant in perfect health.

It is his name, that is, by the faith ofby faith in">[fn] his name, that has healed this man whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that comes through him has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.Matthew 9:22; Acts 4:10; 14:9;">[xr]

For we have found this man a perfect pest and an agitator among all Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader in the sect of the NazarenesNazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isaiah 11:1), and the name">[fn]Luke 23:2; Acts 6:13; 16:20; 17:6; 21:28; 1 Peter 2:12,15;">[xr]

He continued to preach the kingdom of God and to teach about the Lord Jesus Christ with perfect boldness and freedom.Acts 4:31; Ephesians 6:19;">[xr]

And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more in full knowledge and perfect insight,1 Thessalonians 3:12;">[xr]

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by Christ Jesus.1 Timothy 6:12; Hebrews 12:23;">[xr]

or steal from them. Instead, they are to show complete and perfect loyalty, so that in every way they may make the teaching about God our Savior more attractive.Matthew 5:16; Philippians 2:15;">[xr]

They are not to insultslander">[fn] anyone or be argumentative. Instead, they are to be gentle and show perfect courtesy to everyone.Ephesians 4:2,31; Philippians 4:5; Colossians 3:12; 2 Timothy 2:24-25;">[xr]

In bringing many children to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.Luke 13:32; 24:46; Acts 3:15; 5:31; Romans 11:36; Hebrews 5:9; 12:2;">[xr]

and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,Hebrews 2:10; 11:40;">[xr]

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we approach God.Acts 13:39; Romans 3:20-21,28; 5:2; 8:3; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:18; 3:12; Hebrews 4:16; 6:18; 8:6; 9:9; 10:19;">[xr]

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.Hebrews 2:10;">[xr]

This is an illustration of the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not make the conscience of the worshiper perfect,Galatians 3:21; Hebrews 7:18-19;">[xr]

But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come,that are to come">[fn] he wentwent">[fn] through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that was not made by humanhuman">[fn] hands and that is not a part of this creation.Hebrews 3:1; 8:2; 10:1;">[xr]

since God had planned something better for us so that they would not become perfect without us.Hebrews 5:9; 7:22; 8:6; 12:23; Revelation 6:11;">[xr]

to the assemblychurch">[fn] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of righteous people who have been made perfect,Genesis 18:25; Exodus 4:22; Psalm 94:2; Luke 10:20; Philippians 3:12; 4:3; Hebrews 11:40; James 1:18; Revelation 13:8; 14:4;">[xr]

Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights,the Father of lights">[fn] in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Malachi 3:6; John 3:27; Romans 11:29; 1 Corinthians 4:7;">[xr]

But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it - thus proving that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what it requires - will be blessed in what he does.John 13:17; 2 Corinthians 3:18; James 2:12;">[xr]