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Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, this God will also reveal that to you.
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The Paradox of Perfection
When Paul addresses the "perfect," commentators agree he doesn't mean sinless. Instead, he refers to the spiritually mature. Scholars like Ellicott note the irony: the truly mature are those who, like Paul, recognize they have not yet arrived. This "perfection" is about having the right mindset—constantly striving forward toward Christ, not claiming to have finished the race.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect.
Or, rather, this means those who would be perfect, or who are aiming at perfection
As many as be perfect (οσο τελειο). Here the term τελειο means relative perfection, not the absolute perfection so pointedly denie…
19th Century
Anglican
Perfect.—The word is apparently used with a touch of irony (as perhaps the word “spiritual” in Galatians 6:1), in reference to tho…
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Baptist
Be thus minded: and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this to you.
I admire that sentence. If any broth…
In concluding this section, Paul exhorts those who are “mature” (GK 5455; cf. 1 Corinthians 2:6; 14:20; Ephesians 4:13; [Re…
16th Century
Protestant
As many as are perfect—So that no one might misunderstand this as spoken of the generality of people, as though he were explaining the sim…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect Not absolutely, but comparatively, with respect to other believers, in a low…
This simple dependence and earnestness of soul were not mentioned as if the apostle had gained the prize, or were already made perfect in the Savio…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, he showed how he was lacking in final perfection; now he urges others to have the same attitude. He does this first by giving an exhortation…
