Bible verses about "imperfection" | Goodspeed

¹⁰ A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come to let them have life, and to let them have it in abundance.

⁵ he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

⁴⁸ So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

¹⁵ For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.

¹² No one has ever seen God; yet if we love one another, God keeps in union with us and love for him attains perfection in our hearts.

⁸ For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God. ⁹ It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it.

⁸ But God proves his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners.

¹ Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, if you pose as a judge, for when you pass judgment on someone else, you are condemning yourself, for you, who sit in judgment, do the very same things yourself.

⁹ If we acknowledge our sins, he is upright and can be depended on to forgive our sins and cleanse us from everything wrong.

⁸ For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God.