Command 11: Be Perfect
Bible verses for meditation
In addition to meditation on Matthew 5:46–48, meditating on the verses below will provide you with further insight and understanding of Christ’s command: Be Perfect.
II Chronicles 16:9
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.”
Colossians 1:28–29
“Whom we preach,warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.”
Romans 12:2
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
I John 3:3
“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”
Philippians 3:15–16
“Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule … .”