Perfect

PERFECT (pûr´fîkt) adjective
Abbr. perf.
1.Lacking nothing essential to the whole; complete of its nature or kind.
2.Being without defect or blemish: a PERFECT specimen.
3.Thoroughly skilled or talented in a certain field or area; proficient.
4.Completely suited for a particular purpose or situation: She was the PERFECT actress for the part.
5.a. Completely corresponding to a description, standard, or type: a PERFECT circle; a PERFECT gentleman. b. Accurately reproducing an original: a PERFECT copy of the painting.
6.Complete; thorough; utter: a PERFECT fool.
7.Pure; undiluted; unmixed: PERFECT red.
8.Excellent and delightful in all respects: a PERFECT day.
9.Botany. Having both stamens and pistils in the same flower; monoclinous.
10.Grammar. Of, relating to, or constituting a verb form expressing action completed prior to a fixed point of reference in time.
11.Music. a. Designating the three basic intervals of the octave, fourth, and fifth. b. Designating a cadence or chord progression from the dominant to the tonic at the end of a phrase or piece of music.

noun
Abbr. perf.
1.Grammar. The PERFECT tense.
2.A verb or verb form in the PERFECT tense.

verb, transitive
PERFECTed, PERFECTing, PERFECTs (per-fèkt´)
To bring to PERFECTion or completion.

[Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit, from Latin PERFECTus, past participle of perficere, to finish : per-, per- + facere, to do.]
- PERFECT´er noun
- per´fectness noun

Synonyms: PERFECT, consummate, faultless, flawless, impeccable. The central meaning shared by these adjectives is "being wholly without flaw": a PERFECT diamond; a consummate performer; faultless logic; a flawless instrumental technique; speaks impeccable French.
Antonyms: imPERFECT.


Usage Note: PERFECT has often been described as an absolute term like chief and prime, hence not allowing modification by more, quite, relatively, and other qualifiers of degree. But the qualification of PERFECT has numerous reputable precedents (most notably in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution in the phrase "in order to form a more PERFECT Union"). What is more, the stricture is philosophically dubious. There can be no mathematically PERFECT forms in nature; therefore to say that any actual circle is "PERFECT" can mean only that it approximates the geometric ideal of circularity, a quality that it can obviously have to a greater or lesser degree. By the same token, PERFECT freely allows comparison in examples such as There could be no more PERFECT spot for the picnic, where it is used to mean "ideal for the purposes." See Usage Note at complete, equal, parallel, unique.

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary

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Nave's Topcial Dict.

PERFECTION
-(Moral completeness) -Ascribed to .Noah #Ge 6:8,9| .Jacob #Nu 23:21| .David #1Ki 11:4,6| .Asa #1Ki 15:14| .Job #Job 1:1| .Zacharias and Elizabeth #Lu 1:6| .Nathanael #Joh 1:47|

.See GOD, PERFECTION OF .See HOLINESS .See SANTIFICATION

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R.A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook-

PERFECTION
- Is of God Ps 18:32; 138:8
- All saints have, in Christ 1Co 2:6; Php 3:15; Col 2:10
- God's PERFECTion the standard of Mt 5:48
- IMPLIES . Entire devotedness Mt 19:21 . Purity and holiness in speech Jas 3:2
- Saints commanded to aim at Ge 17:1; De 18:13
- Saints claim not Job 9:20; Php 3:12
- Saints follow after Pr 4:18; Php 3:12
- Ministers appointed to lead saints to Eph 4:12; Col 1:28
- Exhortation to 2Co 7:1; 13:11
- Impossibility of attaining to 2Ch 6:36; Ps 119:96
- THE WORD OF GOD IS . The rule of Jas 1:25 . Designed to lead us to 2Ti 3:16,17
- Charity is the bond of Col 3:14
- Patience leads to Jas 1:4
- Pray for Heb 13:20,21; 1Pe 5:10
- The Church shall attain to Joh 17:23; Eph 4:13
- Blessedness of Ps 37:37; Pr 2:21

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PERFECTION-IMPERFECTION

(A) PERFECTION
(1) Some Essential Elements of Benevolence Mt 19:21 Love Col 3:14 Good Works Jas 2:22 Control of the Tongue Jas 3:2 Obedience 1Jo 2:5; 4:12
(2) The Duty of Striving after Ge 17:1; De 18:13; 1Ki 8:61; Mt 5:48; 2Co 13:11 Eph 4:13; Php 3:15; Col 1:28; 2Ti 3:17; Heb 6:1; 13:21 Jas 1:4; 1Pe 5:10
--SEE Spiritual Growth, DEVELOPMENT
(B) PERFECTION DIVINE, of God De 32:4; 2Sa 22:31; Ps 18:30; Ec 3:14; Mt 5:48
--SEE God's Holiness, HOLINESS God's Righteousness, RIGHTEOUSNESS God of Truth, TRUTH Divine Excellencies, EXCELLENCIES, DIVINE
(C) CHRIST'S PERFECTION Joh 1:14; 19:4; Heb 2:10; 5:9; 7:28
--SEE Fulness of Christ, FULNESS
(D) CHRIST'S SINLESSNESS, general references to Isa 53:9; Lu 23:41; Joh 8:46; 2Co 5:21; Heb 1:9; 4:15 Heb 7:26; 9:14; 1Pe 1:19; 2:22; 1Jo 3:5
--SEE Righteousness
(2) RIGHTEOUSNESS
(E) IMPERFECTION, HUMAN
(1) General References to Job 9:20; Ec 7:20; Php 3:12; Jas 3:2; Re 3:2
--SEE Unbelief
(1), UNBELIEF Sin, SIN Half-heartedness, INDIFFERENCE
(2) Exemplified in the Lives of the Best Men Ge 20:2; Nu 20:12; 1Ki 3:3; 22:43; 2Ch 16:12; Jon 1:3 Lu 9:54; 22:24; Ga 2:13
--SEE Deception, FALSEHOOD Sin Universal, SIN

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Genesis 6:9
9 ¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and PERFECT in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

Genesis 17:1
 1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou PERFECT.

Leviticus 22:21
 21And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be PERFECT to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

Deuteronomy 18:13
 13Thou shalt be PERFECT with the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 25:15
 15But thou shalt have a PERFECT and just weight, a PERFECT and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 32:4
 4He is the Rock, his work is PERFECT: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

1 Samuel 14:41
 41Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a PERFECT lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

2 Samuel 22:31
 31As for God, his way is PERFECT; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

2 Samuel 22:33
 33God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way PERFECT.

1 Kings 8:61
 61Let your heart therefore be PERFECT with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

1 Kings 11:4
 4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not PERFECT with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15:3
 3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not PERFECT with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15:14
 14But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was PERFECT with the LORD all his days.

2 Kings 20:3
 3I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a PERFECT heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

1 Chronicles 12:38
 38All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a PERFECT heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

1 Chronicles 28:9
  9 ¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a PERFECT heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:9
 9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with PERFECT heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

1 Chronicles 29:19
 19And give unto Solomon my son a PERFECT heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

2 Chronicles 4:21
 21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that PERFECT gold

2 Chronicles 15:17
 17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was PERFECT all his days.

2 Chronicles 16:9
 9For 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. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

2 Chronicles 19:9
 9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a PERFECT heart.

2 Chronicles 25:2
 2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a PERFECT heart.

Ezra 7:12
 12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, PERFECT peace, and at such a time.

Job 1:1
 1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was PERFECT and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 1:8
 8And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a PERFECT and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Job 2:3
 3And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a PERFECT and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Job 8:20
 20Behold, God will not cast away a PERFECT man, neither will he help the evil doers

Job 9:20-22
 20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am PERFECT, it shall also prove me perverse.  21Though I were PERFECT, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.  22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the PERFECT and the wicked.

Job 22:3
 3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways PERFECT?

Job 36:4
 4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is PERFECT in knowledge is with thee.

Job 37:16
 16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is PERFECT in knowledge?

Psalms 18:30
 30As for God, his way is PERFECT: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Psalms 18:32
 32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way PERFECT.

Psalms 19:7
 7The law of the LORD is PERFECT, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalms 37:37
 37Mark the PERFECT man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

Psalms 64:4
 4That they may shoot in secret at the PERFECT: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Psalms 101:2
 2I will behave myself wisely in a PERFECT way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a PERFECT heart.

Psalms 101:6
 6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a PERFECT way, he shall serve me.

Psalms 138:8
 8The LORD will PERFECT that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Psalms 139:22
 22I hate them with PERFECT hatred: I count them mine enemies.

Proverbs 2:21
 21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the PERFECT shall remain in it.

Proverbs 4:18
 18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the PERFECT day.

Proverbs 11:5
 5The righteousness of the PERFECT shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Isaiah 18:5
 5For afore the harvest, when the bud is PERFECT, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

Isaiah 26:3
 3Thou wilt keep him in PERFECT peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Isaiah 38:3
 3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a PERFECT heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

Isaiah 42:19
 19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is PERFECT, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

Ezekiel 16:14
14And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was PERFECT through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 27:3
 3And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of PERFECT beauty.

Ezekiel 27:11
 11The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty PERFECT.

Ezekiel 28:12
 12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and PERFECT in beauty.

Ezekiel 28:15
 15Thou wast PERFECT in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Matthew 5:48
 48Be ye therefore PERFECT, even as your Father which is in heaven is PERFECT.

Matthew 19:21
 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be PERFECT, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Luke 1:3
 3It seemed good to me also, having had PERFECT understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

Luke 6:40
 40The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is PERFECT shall be as his master.

John 17:23
 23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made PERFECT in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Acts 3:16
 16And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this PERFECT soundness in the presence of you all.

Acts 22:3
 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the PERFECT manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

Acts 24:22
 22 And when Felix heard these things, having more PERFECT knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

Romans 12:2
 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.

1 Corinthians 2:6
 6Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are PERFECT: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought

1 Corinthians 13:10
 10But when that which is PERFECT is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

2 Corinthians 12:9
 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made PERFECT in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 13:11
 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be PERFECT, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Galatians 3:3
 3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made PERFECT by the flesh?

Ephesians 4:13
 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a PERFECT man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Philippians 3:12
 12Not as though I had already attained, either were already PERFECT: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:15
 15Let 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.

Colossians 1:28
 28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man PERFECT in Christ Jesus:

Colossians 4:12
 12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand PERFECT and complete in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 3:10
 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might PERFECT that which is lacking in your faith?

2 Timothy 3:17
 17 That the man of God may be PERFECT, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Hebrews 2:10
 10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation PERFECT through sufferings.

Hebrews 5:9
 9And being made PERFECT, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Hebrews 7:19
 19For the law made nothing PERFECT, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

Hebrews 9:9
 9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service PERFECT, as pertaining to the conscience;

Hebrews 9:11
 11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more PERFECT tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Hebrews 10:1
 1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto PERFECT.

Hebrews 11:40
 40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made PERFECT.

Hebrews 12:23
 23To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made PERFECT,

Hebrews 13:21
 21Make you PERFECT in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

James 1:4
 4 But let patience have her PERFECT work, that ye may be PERFECT and entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:17
 17Every good gift and every PERFECT gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

James 1:25
 25 But whoso looketh into the PERFECT law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James 2:22
 22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made PERFECT?

James 3:2
 2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a PERFECT man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

1 Peter 5:10
 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you PERFECT, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

1 John 4:17-18
 17Herein is our love made PERFECT, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.  18There is no fear in love; but PERFECT love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made PERFECT in love.

Revelation of John 3:2
 2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works PERFECT before God.

PERFECTION

Job 11:7
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto PERFECTion?

Job 15:29
 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the PERFECTion thereof upon the earth.

Job 28:3
 3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all PERFECTion: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Psalms 50:2
 2Out of Zion, the PERFECTion of beauty, God hath shined.

Psalms 119:96
 96I have seen an end of all PERFECTion: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Isaiah 47:9
 9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their PERFECTion for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

Lamentations 2:15
 15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The PERFECTion of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Luke 8:14
 14And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to PERFECTion.

2 Corinthians 13:9
 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your PERFECTion.

Hebrews 6:1
 1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto PERFECTion; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Hebrews 7:11
 11If therefore PERFECTion were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

PERFECTED

2 Chronicles 8:16
16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was PERFECTed.

2 Chronicles 24:13
 13So the workmen wrought, and the work was PERFECTed by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

Ezekiel 27:4
 4Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have PERFECTed thy beauty.

Matthew 21:16
 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast PERFECTed praise?

Luke 13:32
 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be PERFECTed.

Hebrews 10:14
 14For by one offering he hath PERFECTed for ever them that are sanctified.

1 John 2:5
 5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God PERFECTed: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 4:12
 12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is PERFECTed in us.

PERFECTING

2 Corinthians 7:1
1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, PERFECTing holiness in the fear of God.

Ephesians 4:12
 12 For the PERFECTing of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ