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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) is an authoritative reference encyclopedia which explains every significant word, subject, place, person, and doctrine in the Bible and Apocrypha! In scope, the ISBE covers literature (apocalyptic, apocryphal, sub-apostolic, etc.), archeology, ethnology, geography, topography, biography, arts and crafts, manners and customs, family life,...

“perfect” is usually the tr of teleios, primarily, “having reached the end,” “term,” “limit,” hence “complete,” “full,” “perfect” (Mt 5:48, “Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect”; Mt 19:21, “if thou wouldst be perfect”; Eph 4:13, AV “till we all come … unto a perfect man,” RV “fullgrown”; Phil 3:15, “as many as are perfect,” ARVm “full-grown”; 1 Cor 2:6; Col 1:28, “perfect in Christ”; 4:12; Jas 3:2 m, etc). Other words are teleióō, “to perfect,” “to end,” “complete” (Lk