Bible Dictionary: Perfection: Saints Commanded to Aim At

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Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.
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Deuteronomy 18:13
You shall be perfect with the LORD your God.
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Library

Whether Religious Perfection is Diminished by Possessing Something ...
... apostles thus provide for the needs of the saints?". ... of which would be an obstacle
to religious perfection. ... And though our Lord commanded those who were sent to ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether religious perfection is diminished.htm

The Beauty and Excellency of this World Consists, not Only in the ...
... are begotten of God, the one declared, the other commanded. ... This perfection is charity
and love to all. ... coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.". ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/chapter i the beauty and.htm

Sanctification.
... Suppose the saints commanded to be perfect, and to "grow ... will of God," be not Christian
perfection, what is? ... short the sufferings of the saints, and introduces ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxxvii sanctification.htm

Twenty-Fourth Day. Holiness and Cleansing.
... Here we are commanded to cleanse ourselves ... so here with the perfection which the
saints have in ... in Himself: He holds out the prospect of perfection ever growing ...
/.../murray/holy in christ/twenty-fourth day holiness and cleansing.htm

The Promises of the Law and the Gospel Reconciled.
... under the condition that the reward is to be paid on the things commanded being
done ... If any one choose to give the name of perfection to the saints, I shall ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 17 the promises of.htm

The Saints' Privilege and Profit;
... Here then the saints take shelter from the roaring of the ... was set above it, for so
was Moses commanded to place ... of his people, and with the perfection of which ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the saints privilege and profit.htm

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
... of perfection, altogether without infirmity, a perfection as in ... for he remembers
that Christians are commanded to bear ... way Christ is in his saints, and beware ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/fifth sunday after epiphany.htm

Motives Inducing to Religion to be Examined...
... in the church, before God and His saints: 1. a ... of those that aspire to the perfection
of divine love ... an exact performance of regular observances commanded by man ...
/.../chapter iv motives inducing to.htm

The Glory of Penitents and Pious People.
... who never despised or rejected repentant sinners, commanded the devils ... Many of them
were great saints, such as a ... were few, and never brought to any perfection. ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/chapter xx the glory of.htm

Obedience to the Moral Law.
... And perfection in an angel would imply much greater faith ... stumbling-block and a snare
for the saints, to keep ... did not wait to reflect, that God commanded me to ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xi obedience to the.htm

Subtopics

Perfection

Perfection is of God

Perfection: All Saints Have, in Christ

Perfection: Ascribed to Asa

Perfection: Ascribed to David

Perfection: Ascribed to Jacob

Perfection: Ascribed to Job

Perfection: Ascribed to Nathanael

Perfection: Ascribed to Noah

Perfection: Ascribed to Zacharias and Elizabeth

Perfection: Blessedness of