PERFECTION-IMPERFECTION

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

(A) PERFECTION

(1) Some Essential Elements of

Benevolence

Love

Colossians 3:14

Good Works

Control of the Tongue

Obedience

1 John 2:5 1 John 4:12

(2) The Duty of Striving after

Genesis 17:1 Deuteronomy 18:13 1 Kings 8:61 Matthew 5:48 2 Corinthians 13:11 Ephesians 4:13 Philippians 3:15 Colossians 1:28 2 Timothy 3:17 Hebrews 6:1 Hebrews 13:21 James 1:4 1 Peter 5:10

(B) PERFECTION DIVINE

Deuteronomy 32:4 2 Samuel 22:31 Psalms 18:30 Ecclesiastes 3:14 Matthew 5:48

(C) CHRIST'S PERFECTION

John 1:14 John 19:4 Hebrews 2:10 Hebrews 5:9 Hebrews 7:28

(D) CHRIST'S SINLESSNESS

Isaiah 53:9 Luke 23:41 John 8:46 2 Corinthians 5:21 Hebrews 1:9 Hebrews 4:15 Hebrews 7:26 Hebrews 9:14 1 Peter 1:19 1 Peter 2:22 1 John 3:5

(E) IMPERFECTION, HUMAN

(1) General References to

Job 9:20 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Philippians 3:12 James 3:2 Revelation 3:2

(2) Exemplified in the Lives of the Best Men

Genesis 20:2 Numbers 20:12 1 Kings 3:3 1 Kings 22:43 2 Chronicles 16:12 Jonah 1:3 Luke 9:54 Luke 22:24 Galatians 2:13