en_tw/bible/other/perfect.md

# perfect, perfected, perfecter, perfection, perfectly, complete, completed, mature, maturity, accomplish, accomplished, finished, reach ... goal #

## Definition: ##

In the Bible, the term "perfect" means to be mature in our Christian life. To perfect something means to work at it until it is excellent and without flaws.

* Being perfect and mature means that a Christian is obedient, not sinless.
* The term "perfect" also has the meaning of being "complete" or "whole."
* The New Testament Book of James states that persevering through trials will produce completeness and maturity in the believer.
* When Christians study the Bible and obey it, they will become more spiritually perfect and mature because they will be more like Christ in their character.

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* This term could be translated as "without flaw" or "without error" or "flawless" or "without fault" or "not having any faults."

## Bible References: ##

* [Hebrews 12:02](rc://en/tn/help/heb/12/02)
* [James 03:02](rc://en/tn/help/jas/03/02)
* [Matthew 05:46-48](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/46)
* [Psalms 019:7-8](rc://en/tn/help/psa/019/007)

## Word Data: ##

* Strong's: H3632, H3634, H4359, H8003, H8503, H8537, H8549, H8552, G199, G2038, G2675, G2676, G3647, G5046, G5047, G5048, G5050, G5055
From work on PDF Hebrews 4-6 2019-01-09 15:29:59 +00:00			`# perfect, perfected, perfecter, perfection, perfectly, complete, completed, mature, maturity, accomplish, accomplished, finished, reach ... goal #`
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added version 2 2017-04-15 17:23:27 +00:00			`In the Bible, the term "perfect" means to be mature in our Christian life. To perfect something means to work at it until it is excellent and without flaws.`
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			`* Being perfect and mature means that a Christian is obedient, not sinless.`
added version 2 2017-04-15 17:23:27 +00:00			`* The term "perfect" also has the meaning of being "complete" or "whole."`
pulled in updates from April 15, 2017 2017-04-15 17:56:56 +00:00			`* The New Testament Book of James states that persevering through trials will produce completeness and maturity in the believer.`
added version 2 2017-04-15 17:23:27 +00:00			`* When Christians study the Bible and obey it, they will become more spiritually perfect and mature because they will be more like Christ in their character.`
added version 1 2017-04-15 17:22:54 +00:00
added version 3 2017-04-15 17:23:59 +00:00			`## Translation Suggestions: ##`
added version 1 2017-04-15 17:22:54 +00:00
pulled in updates from April 15, 2017 2017-04-15 17:56:56 +00:00			`* This term could be translated as "without flaw" or "without error" or "flawless" or "without fault" or "not having any faults."`
added version 1 2017-04-15 17:22:54 +00:00
added version 3 2017-04-15 17:23:59 +00:00			`## Bible References: ##`
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Re-do update to tW for tN verse-specific links 2018-05-07 17:06:47 +00:00			`* [Hebrews 12:02](rc://en/tn/help/heb/12/02)`
			`* [James 03:02](rc://en/tn/help/jas/03/02)`
Update Links to RC format 2017-06-29 21:38:46 +00:00			`* [Matthew 05:46-48](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/46)`
update Psalms links to 3 digits 2017-06-29 22:28:11 +00:00			`* [Psalms 019:7-8](rc://en/tn/help/psa/019/007)`
Moved Word Data heading to bottom The advantage of this is that the Strong's numbers are not the first thing that the user sees when they view a tW entry. 2017-06-22 17:13:11 +00:00
Fixed atx header spacing 2017-11-29 19:05:45 +00:00			`## Word Data: ##`
Moved Word Data heading to bottom The advantage of this is that the Strong's numbers are not the first thing that the user sees when they view a tW entry. 2017-06-22 17:13:11 +00:00
From work on PDF 1 John through Jude 2019-01-11 22:45:54 +00:00			`* Strong's: H3632, H3634, H4359, H8003, H8503, H8537, H8549, H8552, G199, G2038, G2675, G2676, G3647, G5046, G5047, G5048, G5050, G5055`