Proverbs 31:29

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

Who is she who looks out as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

“ ‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.

“ ‘If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.

He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God.

If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh‘s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.

This city will be to me for a name of joy, for praise, and for glory, before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good that I do to them, and will fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I provide to it.’ ”

youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and who had the ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.

The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.

Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

But you know the proof of him, that as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me.

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.