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Perfection
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
See SANCTIFICATION.
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
PERFECTION. That which is entire and complete in all its parts, without defect or blemish, is perfect. Thus even the most insignificant thing can be perfect - perfect in its kind; and, although perfection can never raise a thing above its kind, it nevertheless confers on it the highest value which it ever can reach. When Christ says, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," Matt 5:48, the meaning is not that we should be perfect as God, but simply that we should realize all the possibilities which are involved in our nature and conditions as his children - that is, we should be entire in our faith and without blemish in our love.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
PERFECTION. That which is entire and complete in all its parts, without defect or blemish, is perfect. Thus even the most insignificant thing can be perfect - perfect in its kind; and, although perfection can never raise a thing above its kind, it nevertheless confers on it the highest value which it ever can reach. When Christ says, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," Matt 5:48, the meaning is not that we should be perfect as God, but simply that we should realize all the possibilities which are involved in our nature and conditions as his children - that is, we should be entire in our faith and without blemish in our love.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.
2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. Shak. What tongue can her perfections tell Sir P. Sidney. To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To perfect. [Obs.] Foote.