the passage with the familiar New Testament formula: because it is written. A. T. Robertson pointed out that the perfect passive indicative of graphō might be translated “it stands written.”53 The Apostolic use of the Old Testament scripture shows that God’s criterion has not changed. “The marred image, on which not even the superscription can be traced, shall again be revealed in full clearness and the believer purged from all defilement of sin by the grace and help of Him who says ‘Be ye perfect’