τελειόω
teleioō (G5048)
to perfect
AI Word Study
The Greek word "τελειόω" (teleioō) means "to perfect." This verb is used in various contexts to convey the idea of bringing something or someone to its ultimate state of completion or maturity. In the Bible, "teleioō" is used 23 times to describe the process of spiritual growth and development. It is often associated with the concept of righteousness, suggesting that the ultimate goal of this process is to become morally and spiritually complete. However, the word is not limited to spiritual contexts, as it can also describe the completion of a task or the attainment of a goal in a more general sense. The significance of "teleioō" lies in its emphasis on the idea of progress and completion. It encourages individuals to strive for their full potential and to continually work towards becoming the best version of themselves.
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and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,
He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me and loved them, even as you loved me.
After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
This is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect,
For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.