Perfected

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.

Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.