Perfectionism
8 passages
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. 10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Read it in context - 1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Read it in context - Philippians 3:12–14
12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
Read it in context - Galatians 3:3
Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
Read it in context - James 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
Read it in context - 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Read it in context - 2 Samuel 22:31
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
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