a[Luke 6:36]
bch. 19:21; 1 Cor. 2:6 (Gk.); Phil. 3:15 (Gk.); Col. 1:28; 4:12 (Gk.); James 1:4; 3:2; See Gen. 17:1
c[Lev. 19:2; 1 Pet. 1:15]
dSee 2 Cor. 13:9
ever. 16, 29
fSee 1 Cor. 12:27
g[ver. 5]
hHeb. 5:14
jch. 1:23
k[1 Tim. 6:12, 19]
lHeb. 11:40; 12:23; [Heb. 5:9]
m[Ps. 45:10; Luke 9:62; Heb. 6:1]
n1 Cor. 9:24
o[Heb. 3:1; 1 Pet. 5:10]; See Rom. 8:28
p1 Cor. 2:6; See Matt. 5:48
q[Gal. 5:10]
r[John 7:17]
sJames 5:8
t[See ver. 11 above]
uSee ch. 2:19
vZech. 14:5; Jude 14
wver. 3; See 1 Pet. 1:15
xch. 2:3
y[Ex. 4:22]
aaLuke 10:20
abGen. 18:25

Matthew 5:48

48 aYou therefore must be bperfect, cas your heavenly Father is perfect.

Ephesians 4:12-13

12 dto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ebuilding up fthe body of Christ, 13until we all attain to gthe unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, hto mature manhood, ▼
▼Greek  to a full-grown man
 to the measure of the stature of jthe fullness of Christ,

Philippians 3:12-15

Straining Toward the Goal

12Not that I have already kobtained this or lam already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: mforgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for nthe prize of the upward ocall of God in Christ Jesus. 15Let those of us who are pmature think this way, and if in anything qyou think otherwise, rGod will reveal that also to you.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

13so that he may sestablish your hearts blameless in holiness before tour God and Father, at uthe coming of our Lord Jesus vwith all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

7For wGod has not called us for ximpurity, but in holiness.

Hebrews 12:23

23and to ythe assembly ▼
▼Or church
 of the firstborn who are aaenrolled in heaven, and to abGod, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
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